Monday, May 28, 2007

Hanging in Bangkok



Today we woke up to eat breakfast together and then bid adieu to our beloved friend Fernando. It has been a blast having him join me on the trip. We only met in January but I could tell pretty quickly that he was a great guy. Thankfully when I told him of my plans for a trip to Asia and invited he jumped at the chance. We got to visit his mission country Japan, and he was invaluable in teaching me about technology and shopping. He will be missed!
For the rest of the morning, Mackenzie and I reorganized plans for our remaining days in Thailand. After grabbing lunch at the local mall’s food court (Caesar salad and slice of pizza for me) we hopped on the Skytram to visit the next mall and look into buying some things and entertaining ourselves. We purchased a headset so we can call home with Skype, a mapbook and highway map of Thailand, and some trinkets. We bowled two games in the mall’s alley and caught an IMAX about an African Safari. My bowling was even worse than last time, but I did keep my pride by scoring about 100 both games. The movie was a little short for the price (under an hour), but good when I was awake. Rain was coming down when we left the mall but we made it home alright before heading out to McDonald’s for dinner. We found a cheap DVD store (probably pirated) and picked up 4 shows for future viewing. I view it more as rentals since they each cost less than $2 and will be watched once and left somewhere in Asia.

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