It's now 10.40pm on Sunday, 11th September, Jim's birthday. We've had an eventful but very enjoyable weekend and met some great people. We went to a fantastic restaurant on Friday evening, and returned there again tonight. It's owned by a bloke from Peterborough who has been in Thailand for many years and the chef is Thai. Both great guys, very chatty and the food is exquisite. Yesterday we visited Chatuchak weekend Market, spread over 35 acres with 9000 stalls! You could buy anything you wanted even live animals! Tiny narrow aisles between the stalls, it was just a rabbit warren, so busy, so noisy and the scents! Food is cooked everywhere over the tiniest and most basic fires or cookers but it smells glorious. Bought my husband some fake adidas swim shorts because he forgot his - blamed me. Cost £4.25. We spent hours in the Market and emerged battered, hot and sweaty. Next stop a park, an oasis, surrounded by busy roads.
The funniest thing happened, four lovely Thai girls took a shine to Jim and asked to interview him. They are students at the university doing Business degrees with English and wanted to interview an English man. He told them he would teach them proper English - from Leeds! Poor girls, they had to ask him every question twice, I was in hysterics.
Today we went to Jim Thompson's house, a beautiful traditional teak house surrounded by tropical, landscaped gardens. He was an American architect who settled in Bangkok after World War II and developed the Thai silk trade. It is such a tranquil, serene place.
Afterwards we visited the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre, a stunning 9 storey gallery reflective of the Guggenheim in New York. Wow! It just blew our minds.
All in all a very calm day, we followed up with a walk through Patpong - the other extreme! The 'gadgets' they were selling on the stalls.....! Just in case you are wondering, we didn't buy anything! Having our meal tonight we began chatting to another English couple - from Bedale. You're never far from home!
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Location:Si Lom 14,Bangkok,Thailand
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