We are waking up early due to jet lag and also that's just what you do in the tropics. According to the weather prediction, we were due to have rain by 10 AM and when it rains in Bangkok, it pours. This helped us plan our day a bit as we wanted to do most of our walking while the weather was fine.
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| Benchasiri Park |
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| Train tracks and market, side by side |
The
kids and I decided that it would be a good day for ice skating which
was another one of our "have to do" pilgrimages in Bangkok. The indoor
skating rink is on the third floor of Central World shopping plaza and
for 260 Baht each, the kids got 90 minutes skating with only one or two
other skaters to share the rink with. A lovely coolish activity to do
out of the humidity and heat.
It
is about 7 kms to walk there, so we paced ourselves and enjoyed ambling
along catching the shade where we could. Walking is always good to
discover the places you didn't know existed! We noted that the prices
of massages increased as we neared the end of Sukhamvit Road and made
note of where the local cheaper massages are. We don't want to walk for
miles for a massage as by the time you get back, all the benefits of
the massage have worn off!
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| I've never quite understood why snowy themes even rate a mention in Thailand! |
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| 999 elephants - some sort of campaign |
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| Ice skating with "Sealie" |
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| Bangkok's "winter wonderland" |
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| Painting with coffee! |
After ice skating we had a quick detour to Big C to buy some more
elephant pants for Annika who had ripped hers quite severely ... it was
one of those HAVE to replace the trousers NOW situations! We bargained
with the lady and got 3 pairs for 500 Baht.
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| Don't fear the unknown...go travelling for a year with three kids!! |
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| Aww! |
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| Own your strangeness - good advice! |
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| More snowy themes...and one doesn't even feel like chocolate in the heat!! |
On to the Pantip Plaza which was not too far but through very crowded
streets. We have noted that although the paths are often in poor
repair, they are swept and washed often, unlike Rome's footpaths and
gutters which were always full of rubbish and dog poo. The traffic,
whilst crazy here, really isn't much worse than the traffic in Rome!
Just like in Rome, you take a deep breath and step out to cross the road
and at least in Bangkok, there are often pedestrian overpasses. In
neither city would I like to be pushing a child around in a stroller or ride a bike or be elderly with a walking aide!
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| TRAFFIC!!! |
Pantip
Plaza is a HUGE 5 or 6 level market of computer and technology goods,
cheap DVD's and CD's and everything you'd ever need as far as technology
goes...even Segways! We had a great time browsing and walking up and
down the static escalators - saved us looking for the up or the down escalator as they were just
used as staircases!
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| Pantip Plaza!! |
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| DVD stall! |
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| Hover board! |
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| Hover board, like a Segway without a handle! |
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| Train driver! |
Home on the train after a quick pilgrimage to Amarin Centre only to find our favourite Bubble Cup place wasn't open today. And the 10 AM rain still hadn't poured down by the early evening! So much for following the weatherman!
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| Street art |
Plan for the evening: Dinner with the help of the new rice cooker which our hosts dropped off for us...and then swim in the pool in the balmy Bangkok air...and eat fresh pineapple and dragon fruit for refreshment!
P.S. Plan accomplished!
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