We flew into Bangkok from KL and landed without incident. There was the usual crowd of transportation services ready to take you into town for inflated prices, but we bargained one of them down to less than 1/2 his original asking price, which felt good.
Our hostel was a nice place, a midrange hostel with aircon (we are addicted to it) and hot water. It provided internet service and boasted a pleasant garden and pond outside, as well as an ashtray in the shape of "predator's" head, which I appreciated despite not using it.
Also good was the location. The street is famous for food stalls and sold some delicious curries and other traditional Thai dishes for about 1 dollar.
On one day there we checked out all the traditional Buddhist temples and statues, including the largest Buddha in the world. It was enjoyable despite the heat, and we got some good exercise and culture out of it. We wanted to end the day with a forensic museum whose claim to fame is the possession of a bloody shirt of a man who was stabbed to death with a dildo, but couldn't find it after looking for it for a long time, so we ate dinner instead.
On another day we went to see "Bangkok Dangerous", a terrible movie. The most entertaining part was Nicolas Cage's absurd hair. It was an excellent time. Why you ask? Because we reclined in very comfortable electronically controlled lazy boys under blankets. Yep, its the only way to watch movies I am now convinced.
After a couple of more days of checking out the sights, reading books, watching movies, and drinking expensive coffees we decided to go see a Muay Thai fight.
Muay Thai is perhaps the most vicious of all striking martial arts. It allows knees and head butts as well as punching and kicking, making the moves much more unpredictable. We went all out and got some ringside tickets, so we could taste the blood spatter more discerningly. I started downing beers to enjoy a little of the ol' ultra-violence with my glossy globes. The music played is dis harmonic and comes from what sounds to be some wind instrument. If you've seen a Thai fight on TV then you know what I'm talking about. It really gives you an anxious hyper feeling which lends to violent behavior. The first few fights were very light weight, but that didn't stop the crowd from shouting their bets with raised fists and crescendoing "Owwww"s every time a hit was landed. The best fight of the night was very evenly fought. One fighter won because he lacerated his opponents eyebrow with a vicious elbow, causing him to leak everywhere which each additional hit. Over the next few minutes the sanguine fluid was spattered across the mat and his back like Nosferatu's Pollack painting.
All in all our time in Bangkok was good, but I would say its not marketed towards couples as much as groups of rabid men.
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