Traveling in Thailand

Hello from the Chabad House in Bangkok Thailand!  The beautiful building, with kosher food, computers, and tour books, is packed with Israelis.  It is amazing to hear Hebrew on the street and see signs in Hebrew so far from home.  Tonight, we will be going to Shabbat dinner here and will hopefully meet a ton more people.

In the meantime, we went to the floating markets today.  They are literally markets that are on water.  Thais pull up on paddle boats next to yours to sell you some delicious Thai delicacy.  Shying away from the fried bananas and meat on a stick, my friends and I stuck to the amazing fresh fruit that they peal and cut into slices for you.  The paddle boat tour took us through the neighborhood where people actually live on the water.  Our tour guide noted that evey house has at least 1-2 boats because it is the only way to get around.  Literally, there are no sidewalks, no roads, just water surrounding the homes.  It was an extremely unique experience.