In Bangkok
After a grueling 26h journey, we're finally in Bangkok with the crazy insane heat, random people trying to get us to buy stuff, and general mayhem. It's pretty cool, if you have air conditioning. :)
Narita airport was awesome - they have shower stalls you rent by the 30min and small rooms you can nap in. Their food was incredible, and the stuff they were selling was similarly cool. Food was great, the stores were neat, we got free sake samples, and the Hermes store was great. :)
So far, we've checked out the insane Pantip Plaza, which has 5 floors of electronics, including just about everything imaginable - computer parts, circuit boards, old laptops, pirate everything, slightly cheaper electronics, knockoff sunglasses, phallic symbols.... The Sony PSPs are for a good price, but it's still not a great deal. I haven't broken down yet. I picked up the the sony cybershot T7, though, which a sweeet camera.
They have 7-11's everywhere here, who have better prices than the guys on the street. The Nori flavoured Frito Lay chips are great. We're staying in the tourist district at the Rambuttri Village Inn, which has a pool on the roof (sooo nice).
The fruit here is amazing. I haven't had better mangoes in my life. The watermelon freeze is great. And it's nice to find that the Thai food back home is just as good as here (even if it's not as varied). I'm still looking for the jackfruit chips I got back home, though...
We still haven't checked out the tailors or jewellers, and I keep getting this nagging suspicion that we're getting ripped off. We've been trying our bargaining skills out and it's been working sometimes (much less than I thought it would). The shopping here is intense. There are stalls all over the sidewalks, huge and crowded malls, random people on the street carrying stuff around and trying to sell them to you, and an all-night market. I'm thinking I might hit that sometime soon.
Tomorrow we'll see Muay Thai boxing at Lumphini, check out the Chao Phraya and probably do some more shopping (you can't walk two steps without finding a stall on the street). Definitely my kind of place. Now if only it wasn't so hot!
Narita airport was awesome - they have shower stalls you rent by the 30min and small rooms you can nap in. Their food was incredible, and the stuff they were selling was similarly cool. Food was great, the stores were neat, we got free sake samples, and the Hermes store was great. :)
So far, we've checked out the insane Pantip Plaza, which has 5 floors of electronics, including just about everything imaginable - computer parts, circuit boards, old laptops, pirate everything, slightly cheaper electronics, knockoff sunglasses, phallic symbols.... The Sony PSPs are for a good price, but it's still not a great deal. I haven't broken down yet. I picked up the the sony cybershot T7, though, which a sweeet camera.
They have 7-11's everywhere here, who have better prices than the guys on the street. The Nori flavoured Frito Lay chips are great. We're staying in the tourist district at the Rambuttri Village Inn, which has a pool on the roof (sooo nice).
The fruit here is amazing. I haven't had better mangoes in my life. The watermelon freeze is great. And it's nice to find that the Thai food back home is just as good as here (even if it's not as varied). I'm still looking for the jackfruit chips I got back home, though...
We still haven't checked out the tailors or jewellers, and I keep getting this nagging suspicion that we're getting ripped off. We've been trying our bargaining skills out and it's been working sometimes (much less than I thought it would). The shopping here is intense. There are stalls all over the sidewalks, huge and crowded malls, random people on the street carrying stuff around and trying to sell them to you, and an all-night market. I'm thinking I might hit that sometime soon.
Tomorrow we'll see Muay Thai boxing at Lumphini, check out the Chao Phraya and probably do some more shopping (you can't walk two steps without finding a stall on the street). Definitely my kind of place. Now if only it wasn't so hot!
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