Bangkok - city of great stench and great food

It's funny to think the first thing we ate in Bangkok was a bag of  

potato chips from the 711. That's right there are more 711s in this  
country then there are in the entire USA. We were a little skeptical  
to eat, even though we were really hungry. Not that we don't love Thai  
food, we just kept smelling these rechid smells and it was a huge  
turnoff to eating. Finally we found a cute place to settle and we  
ended up having the most fantastic Thai food ever. I had a red curry  
with chicken and Nik had a rice noodle dish. By the end of the meal  
jet lag had hit us and we could barely keep our eyes open. Keep in  
mind we are 15 hours ahead of west coast time.

Even though we are a day ahead, we realized this morning this is a  
small world. Eating breakfast at our hotel a man walks by with a Reno  
balloon race shirt on. Of course, Nik strikes up a conversation with  
the man. We find out he lived in Reno for a year and now lives here in  
Bangkok. He said if he ever went back to the states that is where he  
would live.