I forgot how hot and humid Bangkok is! The BTS (sky train) does make it much more pleasant to get around town. Even with all the changes, I was surprised at how much of my part of Bangkok is still the same. Shopping was the theme for the day, and we got caught in a Bangkok, rainy season shower and now have a couple of umbrella souvenirs.
Here are some highlights of Day 1.
Breakfast by the Chao Praya River
Spending the day with Khun Yuvanit, including lunch at the food court at the Chitlom department store, scoping out some of Bangkok's newest shopping malls and shopping for clothes for L.D. At Rajah's. Wesley didn't believe me when I told him that we were going to buy clothes for Daddy. Bobby found LD's measurements from 1997 when L.D. was customer number 3981. Today he was customer 50,000 and something, and Bobby's son was giving L.D. fashion advice about his shirt collars.
Here's part of the "new and improved" Bangkok-- Asiatique, a foreigner-friendly version of the night market at Patpong. Beautiful to look at, but not much character.
Looks like Wesley's having fun despite himself. I'm sure it's strange to be back after almost 20(!) years.
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