Not satisfied with his purchases, thus far, we headed to Pantip Plaza, which is a huge electronics store in Bangkok. We were more keen on seeing the place, then actually making any purchases. Although Philipp walked away with a handful of more software. I wasn’t as overwhelmed by what they had available, although the prices for a few things were good. Ran into Lucy, from the trek and cooking class in Chiang Mai, who was looking for the Apple store. She fell in a well (happens to the best of us), and her ipod didn’t survive the bath.Â
It was noon, so we headed to Lumphini, but much to our dismay it wasn’t open. We figured the person we’d asked must have thought we were asking when the market was closing, and said twelve as in midnight, not noon. Alas. Philipp still needed some souvenirs, so we headed to the Nana area (near where I stayed my first time in Bangkok). Philipp managed to anger more vendors than acquire any purchases, so we decided to head back to the MBK. Sadly the skytrain was closed, but we managed to get a pretty cheap taxi. Philipp grabbed a bunch of t-shirts, and then we headed back to the hostel so he could be packed and ready for the airport.
After saying our goodbyes, I headed to Siam Paragon, and bought a ticket to see Indiana Jones 4. I had some time to kill, so I wandered through the mall, and grabbed some food. The movie was okay – and we had to stand up in honour of the king beforehand. Very nice theatre, to boot. I had inquired beforehand to make sure the movie finished before the skytrain closed, but I was lied to, it seems. I had to walk home, but then noticed the buses were still running so I hopped on one that I hoped would get me close enough to my destination.