Which mall/market did we miss in pursuit of gifts (hardly any). Man did our dogs bark at the end of the night. From 10am till 1am the next morning. Perscription glasses were bought too. We even bought another bag to cart everything home in Shopping districts visited. Silom Road, Surawong Road, MBK centre, Pratnum market, Pantip plaza, Siam Discovery Centre, Patpong market…

Originally written on December 13, 2004

Point form for now… Heather puts her back out, while packing. Tiger balm saves the day. That and another incident described below. Kirk swears profusely while packing his backpack. The last time he did that it was because he got out of bed and almost stepped on a huge cockroach. This time he called me over to the backpack, and a giant toad jumped out of his backpack. My back was instantly better, and although I am a biologist, I ran promptly to the bathroom until Kirk removed it from our room. Taxi at 11 am from Khao Lak resort to Phuket Airport checkin and then satisfy western craving, hello burger king! gorgeous views (both sea and sky) as we fly over the ocean and back to bangkok airport shuttle bus to our hotel checkin to the “Regent Silom Serviced Apartments” Christmas shopping and browsing along Surawong Road, Central Department store (on Silom Road) and the Patpong night market. Somehow I did not read that the night market is amidst the the strip joint/sex show area. An eye opener. A good night’s sleep for a full day of shopping tomorrow.