My week in Bangkok: Tuesday

Lunch in Siam

Tuesday is an early start. I need a motorbike, train and bus to get to my class but the traffic is only starting to properly wake up so door to door it takes an hour. With my afternoon classes cancelled Celine and I had some rare free time together in the day.

We met in Siam which can be described as shopping central in Bangkok with some massive shopping centers such as Paragon and MBK. Siam also has a number of offices and small boutique shops which seem to entertain the younger crowd. The restaurants are quite hip and the food delicious. For that reason we started with lunch. Every time we have eaten in Siam we have been very impressed with the food. Wander around Siam Square and you will find a bunch of places in no time.

After lunch we walked up to Pantip Plaza, which has everything electrical, buying Photoshop for a massive $4. We cruised around the busy streets, browsing clothes stands, eating ice cream and dodging traffic. Every so often you get a wiff of a “Bangkok smell” that is like a punch in the face. I never know its source but the smell is unique to the city. The smell is so vile that you often take in another lung full just to prove it is authentic. A few steps later and it has gone.

Pantip Plaza

I dropped Celine off for her afternoon class at a swanky hotel spending the next few hours looking for running shoes in the Siam Paragon sports hall then book hunting at Kinokuniya. I picked Celine up in the lobby where we finished our coffees trying to work out how a nearby building had got approval to be developed (see picture). I mean seriously are we the only two that are thinking this?

What does this look like?


After, we cruised around Siam, which reminds us of parts of Seoul, dodging the afternoon downpour before chilling in a café as the sun came down. It was a fun day.