Thailand Day 2

After a pretty sound sleep, I was up around 7 am. I decided to get ready for the day and then head downstairs to see if Casey's suitcase arrived. It did and she was pretty happy.

After a wonderful buffet breakfast that included rice and chicken and traditional breakfast foods, we headed out to find Chulalongkorn. We found our way to the BTS (elevated train) and bought day long passes. We got off at Siam Square and started walking in what we guessed was the direction of Chula. There were a few people who were very helpful with directions and who enjoyed talking English with us. We did find the bookstore and the engineering school but didn't accomplish getting uniforms at that time.


There was an open air market on campus that we wandered through and then headed back to Siam Square. We were able to cross off getting her a cell phone which was very important. After a pretty exciting morning running errands around Bangkok, we headed back to the hotel for a wonderful lunch with all kinds of Thai food. After lunch we walked back to the skytrain and headed to Sumaviant - a more English neighborhood where we went to the Emporium (a hip shopping area) and this small but beautiful park. We did a lot of walking, but it was quite enjoyable. One thing that I noticed was the motorbikes that would worm their way through traffic to get to the front of the traffic stopped for a light. When the light turned green all of the bikes would speed off - just like the start of a motocross race. It was pretty cool except for when I would see small children riding without helmets.

Exhausted we went back to the hotel, swam for a while in the very cold water and had dinner at a little shop within the hotel.