Shopping & eating in Bangkok >> Travel: Isan, Northeast Thailand 8

Day 6: Night, 12.15am, Bangkok

Shopping was a lot more tiring than ruins roaming. Somehow, the flat concrete pavement with the occasional pothole and dirty puddle thrown in, proved more trying on our tender soles than rocky or muddy ground. Our abused heels needed breaks between floors of shops. And they say shopping is a Singaporean pastime!

Am very sleepy now, and it's past midnight. We ate so much today. It's no point eating in the food courts. The food wasn't that great or cheap. Or we might have just chosen an inferior selection. Anyway, add a few dollars to your food expenses and you can enjoy much better morsels in more congenial restaurants. We will brave Chatuchak tomorrow. But, first, I must get my beauty sleep!

We heard the first Thais (teenagers) speaking English among themselves. That mustn't have been a regular sight because Bangkokians continue to look at us when they hear us. Maybe they can't place our brand of English? Likewise, they eye those flashy teens.

Also, the Bangkok security guards are talented multi-taskers. Besides guard duties, they open doors for you, carry bags over the BTS (skytrain) turntiles for you, give directions, and help to collect money at the cashier's. At one Watson's, the security guard helped Annie search for the lipstick she wanted to buy. He found it before we did!

Less admirable is the behaviour of passengers in the skytrain. What we see in Singapore, we see here too. People rush in before you step out; they also lean against the pole and deprive others of a hand hold while the train is in motion.

Budget (for two in Baht)
Breakfast >> B137
BTS to Asia Hotel >> B30
Tips >> B20
BTS to WTC >> B30
Lunch: Genki Sushi >> B284
Tea >> B90
Shopping: Isetan (toiletries) >> B264
Dinner: Coca Steamboat >> B380
Fruits >> B20
Coffee >> B67
Shopping: Watson's (sundries) >> B235

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