Arriving here in Bangkok, something very interesting happened.
It was the first time ever that it happened to me.
They sent me to Health Control. It was right at Immigration.
I was there presenting my documents.
They looked at the passport and said, "No, you need to go to Health control."
And that was before covid-19
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We're about to start a brand-new series here on the channel
about Thailand that was actually shot before the pandemic.
With everything going on in the world,
and also our move from Texas to Florida,
we also wanted to share with you a little bit of our life
during the pandemic and the city where we now live in.
Are you smiling? I can't see.
-No. -[laughs]
This video now takes us back to Southeast Asia.
It's the story of how we went to Bangkok
with a stop in Malaysia.
Welcome to Bangkok.
Now that we're back to Florida already,
you say, "Welcome to Bangkok"?
-Oh. -[laughs]
It feels like it.
As hot and humid.
-Yes. -Yes, right?
Everybody is in front of the fan here.
It's got a mist.
It's for your protection.
We stopped in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
But instead of going all the way to KL from the airport,
we just went halfway,
and spent a couple days in Putrajaya.
They have the fastest internet
we've ever experienced anywhere in the world,
even compared here to the United States, right?
-Faster than fast. -Yeah, it's amazing.
Whenever we need to get work done,
we enjoy staying there.
-Yes.
This video now continues in Malaysia as we go back to the airport.
-Enjoy the video.
Enjoy the video.
[laughs]
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Whoo-hoo! Discount if you use the machine here.
Let's do it.
Ah, there you go.
Thank you.
[PA] This KLIA Transit Train
is bound for Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
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So here we are.
Oh, baby, almost like lunch already, huh?
[laughs]
Nice breakfast.
[laughs]
The last teh tarik in Malaysia.
Next stop, Bangkok, Thailand.
From Putrajaya to here,
it was a very easy and convenient train ride.
Just one stop, 15 minutes.
That was it.
But if you're coming from Kuala Lumpur,
it's better to get the express train,
because there are no stops.
In 28 minutes, you're here.
Even better.
The difference between the two trains,
KLIA Transit and Ekspres
is basically that the transit has stops along the way,
but it's only three stops before getting to the airport.
It's also very nice.
But they only have this train every 30 minutes,
so you need to calculate and plan for that.
We were lucky that when we got to the station,
we just waited for 10 minutes.
In any case, come by train to the airport,
because it is really far from Kuala Lumpur.
Forget taxis, forget Grab, Uber, all that.
We're traveling with Thai.
They're not the cheapest, but for us, it was what made sense.
Because low-cost carriers, they charge for everything, you know.
They nickel and dime for bags and for carry-ons,
for everything you can imagine.
And if you follow my trips, you know that I don't travel light, right?
We have a lot of stuff.
And Thai, even for this short flight between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok,
they allow you to bring a 30-kilo bag for free,
and they don't weight your carry-on.
But also let me explain, you may see two, three vlogs in each city,
but sometimes we spend two or three weeks there.
That's because we need to keep up with our daily lives,
our routine, our work.
So we have everything here that we need to keep us on the road.
This is not just clothes and purchases.
Now, we're here at the Plaza Premium Lounge
We have 'Lounge Key', it gave us access to this lounge.
It's great.
We had some breakfast, did some work,
and we're ready to go.
You go through X-ray again
just before Thai's gate.
It's just really for Thai's gate.
Thank you.
Almost no legroom.
-Lots of legroom. -Lots of legroom?
-You're not squeezed there? -No, I'm not.
I think it's kind of tight.
This is a Boeing 777-300.
USB charger.
Why are you showing this? You're planning to use?
[laughs]
You're planning to use this?
-They're free
Just to make it clear that this is Gordon shooting, not me.
Do you realize that our window seat almost has no window?
-Yeah. -Why are you preparing the camera for then?
-You might just squeeze in there?
[Flight Attendant] The flight time to Suvarnabhumi Airport
will be 1 hour and 45 minutes.
We wish you a pleasant flight. Thank you.
Cabin crew prepare for takeoff.
-We're already going up. -Wow.
I've never seen a plane going up so fast.
-Have you? -No.
-No. That's crazy.
That's like a few seconds only.
[laughs]
It's a huge plane. It's three, three...
What is that?
Huge plane.
-Huge. -Huge.
Three, three, and three.
What is that? [laughs]
Most people watch movies.
I watch YouTube.
Gordon plays video games.
[laughs]
Chicken noodles, please.
Thank you.
They announced that the flight only lasts for an hour and 45 minutes,
and we got lunch.
They were offering chicken noodles or spicy fish.
I chose the chicken noodles.
This is dessert, I think.
It looks like there's rice there
and here are some vegetables.
Very tasty.
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Yes, that's "What day you left Brazil?"
What day did you leave Brazil? [in Portuguese]
That's a heavy one, huh? [laughs]
And here we are, Bangkok.
The flight was excellent, very, very smooth.
It was my third time flying Thai Airways,
and it's always very nice.
Now, arriving here in Bangkok,
something very interesting happened.
It was the first time ever that it happened to me.
they sent me to Health Control.
It was right at Immigration.
I was there presenting my documents.
They looked at the passport, and said, "No, you you need to go to Health Control.
I had to leave Immigration, go back,
and go to an office called Health Control,
and then you need to fill in a form.
And that is because of yellow fever.
They're really concerned about yellow fever,
and Brazil had an outbreak of yellow fever.
When you get there, there's a huge sign in Portuguese asking,
"When did you leave Brazil?"
And you need to fill in a form asking where were you in the last two weeks,
and if you're having any of the yellow fever symptoms.
Sometimes they require also your proof of vaccine.
So once you do all that, they check,
see that you're fine, and then you're good to go.
But it was interesting.
I was here in Thailand before and this didn't happen.
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Second or fourth floor, let's go.
That's for a Grab car.
-Second floor right here.
-Oh, yeah.
-We'll go this way.
-Yeah.
So this is second floor.
They're already selling internet 4G sim cards right here.
Look at this. This is amazing.
I just ordered a Grab car.
And here, I got a message from the driver in Thai,
Grab automatically translated it to English,
and I could talk to him.
Everything via automatic translation without me doing anything.
This is the app doing it all
This is so cool. I love it!
-Sawasdee Ka [hello in Thai] -Sawasdee Krab [hello in Thai]
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Khob khun Ka [thank you in Thai]
Home sweet home for the next week or so.
We'll now be in Bangkok.
You can expect a lot of nice travel vlogs and guides
about the best things you can do here in town.
If you're not subscribed to the channel yet,
come on, what are you waiting?
I'll give you a lot of great information in the next videos
about what to do, where to go, how can you save some money,
how to avoid problems.
Now, it just occurred to me that I mentioned Grad car.
You may not know what that is,
and it's a service like Uber, but works here in Southeast Asia.
Very convenient, very nice.
It's an app that you must have in your phone before you land here.
The ride took about 40, 45 minutes from the airport.
This time, I'm not very happy with the service.
The driver was fine. The driver was excellent.
But they quoted me on something, and then I was charged something else.
Because this is how it works,
when you request a car, it gives you a quote immediately.
You put there from-to, and it tells you how much it's gonna cost.
And it has always worked, until now.
[laughs]
It appeared there that it would be 364 baht
which is about US$ 11.
And when I got the charge it was 464 baht,
100 baht more.
Okay, it is just US$ 3 more,
but still, I don't like surprises like this,
and it was because of tolls.
It would've been nice if they alerted you
that this would happen.
So, next time on the way back we'll check out the train
and see how that goes.
Thank you very much for watching
and see you around in Bangkok.
-Say something. -Something.
-Say something, baby. -Enjoy the video.