What we did: pad thai (!!), shopping
Budget: 3000B/$100; Spent: 7545B/$252
I went down for breakfast by myself this morning. Patty didn't have it in her to get up before breakfast ended at 9:30am. I don't blame her, I was a zombie as I ate from the nice buffet breakfast our hotel had provided for us. I stayed down in the lobby until nearly 11am, working on blogs and catching up on email, when I wandered back upstairs Patty was jut on her way downstairs.
Around noon, we left our hotel to go shopping because we desperately need clothes for the wedding we're supposed to attend while here in Bangkok. We were a little desperate this morning, especially because Mala had told us there was a wedding event today.
Patty stopped at two street food vendors on the way to the mall. The first to buy a coffee and the second to buy what I can only describe as chicken-balls-on-a-stick. I think she regretted the second one. She took a bite, found out it was cold, and didn't eat the rest. I think we’ll stick to stuff we have seen cooked right in front of us from now on.
We went to MBK mall and went straight to lunch in the food court where we finally got our pad thai! It was delicious and really hit the spot. Looks like India can't deny us forever!
One unusual thing we noticed today is the number of older men with young Thai girls. There is something about it that really just leaves the stomach in an uncomfortable place, especially because the girls look miserable.
We looked around the mall for a couple hours, but didn't have any luck. We decided that we should call Mala, so we thought we’d pick up a SIM card from 7-Eleven for my iPhone so that we could use it while in Thailand. What we didn't realize is that my phone is locked and can’t be used here. Unfortunately, we realized this after about two hours of trying to get the SIM card to work and then going back to MBK to ask them if they could get it to work. It was very frustrating, and we still couldn't get in touch with Mala because there are no payphones around anywhere! We considered buying a new, cheap phone for about $20, but it seemed like a waste considering we’d only be using it a handful of times.
After this, we went looking through other nearby malls where we found Patty an awesome dress at a store called French Connection. It wasn't cheap, but looked like a million bucks on her. I found a pair of pants and a dress shirt at H&M for really good prices. We then walked through the street vendors on the way back to our hotel. It was here we picked up a belt for me, which was cheap and looked pretty nice.
On our way home, we stopped by the restaurant near our hotel again for some sandwiches. They were OK, but too pricey. We vowed never again to eat there!
Back at our hotel, we messaged Mala on Facebook to ask about the wedding. We assumed we had missed today's festivities, but thought it was a necessity given that we didn't have anything to wear!
Once again, we worked on our blog until about 2am…we really have to catch up!!!
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