Awesome Weekend

Hey again folks. Deeds and I just got back from the pool it's 4:30 in the afternoon and we might be in for a little nap before we decide whats for din din.

We have had a great, great weekend in BKK.
Friday night was laid back. We walked down the street to the Parrot Cate, had a cold Corona on their tiny little patio, did a walk around to see if we could find any shortcuts outta the holtel area to other environs.  For dinner we decided on a Korean restaurant a few paces further down Soi 16 from the Parrot. It too was a taste treat and we were home by 8.

Watched a little tv, only a little as there really isn't anything of interest, some movies is all and I was off to bed earlly. Deeds hung around and read.

Satruday morn was a typical tea for two start for us. We love to have our tea in the morning, usually accompanied by the newspaper. Haven't got that going yet. My job as CIO of iDB Technologies is to hook up our ereaders to download The Star and Globe. This should happn next Sunday, we will read the Saturday versions of both of those papers on our readers. I'll let ya know how that goes.
We also had a great treat Saturday morning when we got to Skype with Honey and Tony. This is amazing technology and really keeps us connected. Don't know how people lived without this.

We had heard about TIFF not far from our residence. Ohhh yeah Thailand International Furniture Festival. Really! It opened at 11, we were there at about 5 after. Walked around and found some fantastic stuff for the new apartment, just now trying to figure out if it works somewhere back in Mississauge before we actually buy it. Left there and we were back for a little nappy before our big dinner extravaganza with fellow Thanachart Bank employees.

The event took place in the Hawaii Towers.
This will ring bells because our new place is in these same Hawaii Towers. The dinner was hosted by Ajay and Sonali. The food was truly Indian and was totally awesome. I for one ate too much. And ow my tummy vas vedie sore. I also drank too much red wine. Yes I know that comes as a surprise to alot because I have not embibbed much in the last 7 or so years. But this night I lost control. Paid the price as well, so I am back on the wagon. Til next time!!

 

Sunday morning we were late out of bed. Having tea, with no paper to read we started browsing the Bangkok Guide we bought in TO. We noticed that Chatuchak Market is held on the weekends and is said to be quite big and fantastic. Now Deeds and I are old hands remember. Coupla trips to Hong Kong. These are world famous markets such as Tung Choi Street (knock offs),  Stanley Market (clothes and lots of other), Wan Chai............. well I could go on. And these are really great markets with negotiating (Deeds in her glory here folks look out) and walk away ploys and all that stuff. We thought we knew markets. Chatuchak or JJ Market (Jatujak) as it is also known, THIS IS A MARKET. Holy mother of pearl.  The place covers 35 acres! We are talking sod farm here folks. There are over 5,000 stalls and they expect at least 200,000 people on each day it is open. There is a map of the place above and all the stalls are gathered together based on product. Took Deeds and I only 40 minutes and we were lost. But talk about great stuff, cheap. Example we bought pairs of flip flops for 59 baht/ $1.90.
You cannot do this place in a day, or two even. You need to check out the map, pick your target for the day and go. Come back for the other stuff next time. Wow! It is hot and the stalls a crammed together, with tarps for rain over top, so we are talking steam bath type heat. We will go back now that we have a clue.


Pool was great, resting now and looking forward to the event of the week. We Skype with Lena tonight. Our favourite. Hooray.
Sawadee Krup