Downtown

MBK, the biggest shopping mall in Thailand

After some unventful, but long bus rides, we've arrived back in Bangkok! We actually weren't the biggest fans of this place last time we were here. But it's starting to grow on us now.

Yesterday afternoon, we headed downtown to Siam Square. We had an awesome time! We knew that Bangkok is huge city and has some big malls, but we really weren't prepared for the scale of things that we saw. is that sweet or what!

Siam Square is the main shopping district in the city. It has everything. From a massive discount mall filled with teenage Thais, to high-end Europeon Fashion, to a huge mall complete with an IMAX, bowling alley, and luxary sports cars.

The food options were endless...I don't even think I could make an estimate as to how many dining options there were. Funny enough Erin and I ate at the Hard Rock Cafe...it just seemed like the thing to do! We spent the afternoon. just milling around, looking in all the different malls. We spent most of the time with our jaws dropped actually. Everything is so huge and so clean.

sporting the new cut at the Hard Rock.

In the mall with the Gucci, Armani, and Hugo Boss etc, is where the sports cars were also. At first we thought that the Lotus', Ferraris, Bentlys, and Lamborginis, were just on display, thus we took a couple of pictures through the glass. We soon realized that you could enter the show rooms and that these cars were all actually for sale. In the Lamborgini shop, we were followed in by a man obviously from a gulf country. He walked right up to one of the cars for sale and opened the door, ingnoring the DO NOT TOUCH sign. A salesman came over imediately and told him not to. Something very interesting them happened. The guy bought the car. Really. He discussed things with the salesman, while his wifes in burkas looked on. He talked about it a little with wife #1 and then went over to the counter to sign the deal. We were blown away!

the Diablo in the backgroung is the one purchased by the Arab guy. You can see him at the counter in the left.

Lotus

We finished off the night by watching Revolutionary Road in a theatre with 10 other people, and hundreds of empty seats. You were right Elena! You can sit in a couch a the theatre! Before the film started we were instructed to stand for the national athem, to honour the King. The shown pictures of him on the screen and it made him look like a god or something. It was actually really funny.

Tonight were headed south to Phuket to meet up with Erin's parents who are currently with some friends from home in the south. It should be a good way to end the trip!