We arrived in Bangkok in the early hours of the morning and took a cab to our hotel on Khao San Road; apparently our taxi driver was falling asleep on the way -eek! We made it safe and sound. Ryan was particularly excited to be in Bangkok as we were off to see the Socceroos and I was excited as we were off to see my friend Pippa for a day of home comforts at her flat in Bangkok. We tried to go to the stadium to get our tickets but it was Sunday and the ticket booths were closed. We went to Tesco Lotus and headed round to Pippa's. Pippa made delicious Lasagne and Garlic Ciabatta for lunch and spoilt us with some yummy Lychee cakes! I went to visit her school and enjoyed seeing where Pippa worked and lived. We went for a beer by the river side and decided to go for a curry at Pippa's favourite place for dinner. Absolutely delicious! We had a great time and were pleased that we would see Pippa again at the Footie. The next day we went to visit the Grand Palace and although this was spectacular it was no Buckingham Palace! That evening we met up with my friend from home Scott and his girlfriend Yam. We had loads of beers and ended up a very messy evening with street Pad Thai for dinner. We learnt a few useful phrases in Thai that Ryan practiced that night on everyone, this was very funny! The next day we spent the morning completing our Christmas shopping and then went to the post office to send our gifts to England. We then got changed into our Aussie shirts and made our way to the stadium. We met Pippa there and enjoyed a meal of street fish cakes and other random stuff, all delicious. The atmosphere within the grounds was amazing and the Thai supporters were in high spirits (fuelled by Chang beers). The match was a world cup qualifier that Thailand needed to win to stay in and Australia needed at least a draw to qualify. There were quite a few spectacular dives and some interesting decisions and the Thai side spent a lot of time on the turf Christiano Ronaldo style. Jing Lor!!! This made Pippa change sides and support Australia! Finally after 78 minutes of drama and near misses Brett Holman scored the first goal. The green and gold army went bonkers and it was such fun to join in! That was the highlight of the match and after a few great saves from Mark Schwarzer the Aussies had their win. I felt bad for Thai supporters as this was the end of their 2014 world cup campaign. At the end of the match some of the Socceroos came over to the Aussie fans and Luke Wilkshire and Neil Kilkenny threw their boots to the fans -we didn't catch them. Then Schwarzer threw his gloves into the crowd. After the game we ended up waiting at the players exit and Ryan met; Mark Schwarzer, Brett Holman, Bret Emerton. Holman is much prettier in real life and Schwarzer was the nicest and is actually a giant. Because of a weird camera setting I took poor photos and was in the dog house for a bit (sad times). We said our goodbyes to Pippa for a while (not too long we hope) and made our way to get sorted to leave early the next morning. I really enjoyed Thailand and I am really looking forward to the next visit there.
Photos to come soon...
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