Last weekend in Bangkok

On Friday (the 3rd, we're trying to catchup!) the bus dropped us off at Khao San road where Kim and Annika met us for dinner.  At O! Hungry Andy ordered a chicken pie and I had curry. Afterwards we wandered around Khao San road, stopping for a massage at an outdoor stand where we all got half hour neck and shoulder massages for 100 baht ($3.30).  It was fantastic for Andy and I who had been traveling all day.

We then went to a bar called Food Garden that was down a little side street and we sat in a little wooden structure and had cocktails.  Then met some of Annika's Thai friends at a street bar and all sat down at a folding tv tray and had more cocktails.  It was fun to be in the middle of Khao San and people watch all the tourists.

Saturday we did some laundry, had american breakfast at the little shop that serves ice cream with everything and sorted out our money situation.  We discovered that $2000 baht ($66) and my debit card were stolen from our backpack while we were on the bus (the bag was stored out of sight underneath the bus).  So we spent a couple hours figuring that out and canceling my card.

We met up with Annika and Milky at J J Market, otherwise known as the weekend market (supposedly the largest market in the world).  We wandered through it's many streets for a couple hours before it closed.  For dinner we headed to a lebanese restaurant in the middle eastern part of town (little Arabia).  We all split a of couple dishes.  Hummus, Makabol (eggplant hummus), taboulie, naan, lebanese bread, chicken tikka, chicken masala, and potatoes with egg.  It was all incredibly tasty and fun to eat something other than Thai. We also both tried hookah for the first time (mint) which was fun to experience, but neither of us are really smokers of any kind.

If There Was No Courruption

On Sunday we went to the Bangkok Art and Culture Center. It was a sort of fusion between an art gallery and a bit of a market. Some things on display were for sale and others were just there to be viewed. We didn't buy anything, but there were lots of interesting things to look at. The above photo is map entitled "If There Was No Corruption" and it shows what the Bangkok public transportation system would be like if all of the money that was suppose to go into public transit actually made it there. After a couple of hours wandering around the Art and Culture Center we met up with Annika and went to a beer garden which was basically an outdoor food market with a bunch of tables, food stalls and beer. It was a really laid back place to hang out and finish up our time in Bangkok.