One Night in Bangkok

One night in Bangkok was not enough!  There were too many delicious things to eat and not enough time to digest them all.  Plus, it was the last time that the 15 of us would be together on this trip so we wanted to savor it.

Penny and I planned to get the age spots on our faces removed at the Makalin Clinic (which Steph and two of our cousins did with astounding results).  After the consultation and then reading one particularly terrible Google review, we both chickened out and were ready to bail... but then Steph showed up and convinced us it would be okay, so we proceeded!  I won't bore you with the details... peeps who are interested, DM me and I'll share details and pictures 😆

Meanwhile, the others walked around Central World Mall, went to Big C supermarket, and ate delicious things at the food stalls outside.  The Thai iced tea at ChaTraMue is excellent!  It is fragrant and brewed from real tea leaves (not a powdered mix) and has customizable sugar levels.

The next day, we checked out of Hotel Ordinary (it was not ordinary at all - it exceeded my expectations!), left our bags at Steph's hotel in the Chinatown area, and walked around Icon Siam, a huge, clean, modern mall with beautifully displayed (overpriced but delicious) food options.  We went upstairs to take a peek at what kind of shops were there, saw Alexander McQueen, and promptly came back downstairs to the safety of the food vendors.

We went back to the Chinatown area and had Nai Ek Roll Noodle for lunch.  There's a reason for the line up!  It was excellent, with juicy crispy pork.  Emmeline always manages to find the best food joints!

After wandering around and getting more nibbles at the street food vendors, it was time to head to the train station for our overnight train to Surat Thani.  Bye-bye Kuoch family!

(Elise was in the bathroom for this pic... doh!)