Feeling
foggy, I dragged myself out of bed, willing myself to enjoy Bangkok.
We are not here for long this time and there are places we want to
re-visit and things we want to enjoy again. As Annika said, it was like
a pilgrimage more than a reconnaissance mission!
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| Coconut drinking! |
We
set off down the road, calling into our local market on the way for
important things like coconut milk straight from a coconut and pork on a
stick and other things that remind us of our time here almost a year
ago.
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| Ah! Back in Thailand |
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| Street topiary |
We had a vague plan for the day of walking but ended up extending the
distance somewhat, stopping several times to buy water and
refreshments. There was little shade as we sauntered along the main
roads until we reached the famous wet market and turned in there. The
wet market is wet: it has a constant amount of water being sprayed
about to clean the paths and to keep the various creatures alive (sort
of) and moist. It would be awful on a rainy day as it would be drippy
as well as soggy so to speak. The water did have the effect of slight
evaporative cooling as we carefully stepped between the stalls. Luke
was particularly fascinated, as usual, by all the live/half dead fish,
eels, frogs and turtles and sundry other meat. I wasn't as eager as he
was to stop as each stall to check out their particular animals and the
big kids had had enough of all the meaty fishy smell.
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| Frogs! |
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| More frogs |
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| Not pets, I fear! |
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| Squirming eels |
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| Wet market with extras! |
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| Pigs' heads |
Annika
and I had been to this wet market on our "Cooking with Poo" experience
last time and were keen to find the sticky rice and mango lady we had
visited. With a little bit of asking and our memories we did find her
and bought 3 bags of the delicious freshly cooked rice with accompanying
coconut milk and 2 mangoes to serve it with (210 Baht - $8.50).
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| Ah...sticky rice and mango |
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| Tuk tuks |
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| Banana pancakes |
As
Lumpini Park wasn't too far away we decided to continue on our way.
The kids were more than thrilled when we saw a pancake/roti cart and
they were able to tick another "Thailand" re-visit "have-to-do" off
their lists: banana pancakes!
In
Lumpini Park we saw the familiar landmarks and giant water monitor
lizards and cats in "Cat Alley" and other things of interest which we
remembered.
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| Familiar fauna at Lumpini Park |
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| Orchids |
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| Yeah! Lumpini Park |
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| Little temple - bomb site earlier in 2015 |
From
there, it was down our "old" street, Soi Lang Suan, past our "old"
apartment and on to Chit Lom Road. We walked past the little temple on
the corner near Center World which had sadly been bombed since our
visit. There was no sign of damage now but we did give a thought to
those who would have been killed or injured, mostly the passersby or the
Thai stall holders who eke out a meagre living, minding their own
business on the streets selling floral wreaths for the temple.
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| In Italy it was pasta and here it is rice!! The choice is unlimited! |
At
this stage, Tim decided he'd go in hunt of a technology market, which
he did find and bought what he wanted and returned late, exhausted. The
rest of us, cruised through Big C and bought supplies. Luke, Annika
and I took the Sky Train home with the heavy shopping, called into our
local market for some veggies and sunk into our seats with plenty of
cold water once we got home.
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| Mmmmm, not sure how PMT and "hourglass (figures)" go together! |
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| Mango and sticky rice a la Annika |
After a serving of mango and sticky rice, we felt revived!! We headed straight to the pool where we were joined before long by Tim and it was so relaxing and refreshing. Then the tropical rain storm rumbled into action and cleared the air a little. Most of the pool is covered but it was time to go back to our apartment and cook a bit of dinner.
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