Bangkok Part 4

Bangkok Day 3 was a bit more relaxed that the previous days.  We started with a quick cab to the market area where we hit up some street food for breakfast.  For breakfast we decided to not go with local ingredients for once and got nutella and banana.  

 We eneded up in the malls in both Hong Kong (because that is where the subways were) and in Bangkok (to get some free airconditioning and a chair) quite a bit.  The cool thing about these malls is that they were stuffed to the gills with luxury stores.  No, not a really nice Belk, but Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, and many places that we have never been inside.  It was crazy to see the poverty outside of these malls and the complete opposite inside them.  I thought the US had a wide gap between the rich and poor, but I think it was much wider in Thailand.  This was a Lamborghini dealership in the mall with about $1 million dollars worth of cars sitting in the mall on the 2nd level beside a Starbucks.

 And a gorgeous Lotus just sitting out.

 And the other kind of mall in Bangkok.  This was the wholesale clothing market and was nuts.  If you needed to buy a 20 pack of blue jeans....this was the place.  What you can't see from this picture is the maze of tiny alleyways and tiny shops.  There must have been 500 shops in this area selling clothing.  We then went into an air conditioned shop where I got some nice dress shirts for about $12 a piece.  I only wish I had bought more. The prices of clothing in Thailand were incredibly cheap.

 This shot is for Matt and David.  This may not have even been the worst power setup we saw.

 What we didn't eat for snack...

 We spent the last half of our day in Bangkok at the spa.  It was located underneath this terrible sign, but was awesome.  We got a 90 minute foot massage, 90 minute oil and body massage, and 60 minute facial treatment for around $80 a person.  Going into it, I thought "How is someone going to give me a 90 minute foot massage?  I know I have big feet, but it won't take that long."  Let me tell you....the time flew by.  It was awesome.  I have never been so relaxed as I was when we left that place.

 Unfortunately due to the timing of the massage, our late night (1am) flight out of Bangkok, and me leaving my debit card in an ATM somewhere in Bangkok leaving us cash poor; we didn't get to leave the hotel in search of some street food for dinner.  We ate at the hotel and had probably the most disappointing meal of the trip.  It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't epic like the other meals.