Bangkok or bust

Well after our many farewells we finally have arrived.Our flight 13.5 hours to Taipei with a four hour layover, then boarded and 4 more hours to Thailand. Had a friendly taxi driver he even pulled over and bought us a bevy, do you think we paid too much for the ride or what. He dropped us off at the corner of Koa san road and we found our way to our hotel. The room was small, clean but between the long flight, jet lag, and time change, we crashed, only to be woken with the loud bars situated on both sides of our hotel, needless to say we did not get much sleep that night. Had some girls yelling in our hallway, along with slamming doors , we thought what the.....
Steve"s attitude was... it is what it is. Bastard face... up at 3 30 and started out on to the streets at 5 a.m. to start our day of exploring the big city. Went to weekend market then a cab took us to another market, and then we got taken to the grand palace. Hired a guide, Jackie to show us around the incredible wealth in these buildings, very detailed with tile, glass and gold. Really breathtaking, then first time for me, an east indian woman asked if she could have her picture taken with me ...go figure...did not know I was a novelty. Had my first squat pee at the temple, they had regular toilets but I just had to see what it was all about. Then she hooked us up with a long tailed boat ride on the river, they have diesel engines and can sure haul ass on the water, more temples, more markets but we got dropped off and our driver never came back to get us , and we did not get to see the big floating market but will see it on our next time there. We found our way back to the other side of the river where our hotel was located .Back to koa san road where all the action is...too much for our bood, but had to check it out. Steve describes it as New York on steroids.Back to hotel and asked to be moved , we noticed a room on the top floor that seemed a bit quieter, so we went from out house to the penthouse. Much better, but they still had the vinyl matress that just locks in the heat and makes for a wet sweaty sleep. Crashed at 8 o'clock to be woken by the bars kicking it up starting at 10 and blasting to 4 a.m, even with plugs you could feel the base coming in all around us. So glad we booked and paid for three nights. UGHHHHH two nights down , one to go. The food here is awesome, great soups, but the smells in this city are awfull, I thought the scents of Mexico could be bad but we found we were holding our breath far too many times. Gag....Stumbled across a parade, crazyness, loud fire crackers, and the stacking of the people, they would have the biggest, strongest man on the bottom and would stack 5 and 6 people on top of each other reaching towards the sky a finishing the top with the youngest, looking to be 2 and 3 years old. All done without helmets. Very impressive. The local people on the streets went wild cheering and gave offerings to the budda. Very cool, sort of like a walking circus show. We have never seen so many street venders. You can buy anything here. It is definitley a must see but as the song goes one night in Bangkok might of been enough.