Bangkok day one:

Bangkok has a sky train monorail type system. It’s easy to follow and get around on. So Angelica and I followed it to this little open air temple right in the middle of the city. We got off and were looking at a map so an older Thai business man asked us where we were going. We told him, and he walked us to it (he was going the same way, but still it was very nice). He and Angelica talked about stuff and I fell behind. Then we got to the temple and the man told us to pray for twins…Ahhhh so it’s that kind of temple, meaning fertility. The temple wasn’t very impressive visually, but when we stopped and looked at all the people praying in this little fifty foot by fifty foot patch of concrete with a statue of a goddess in the middle, then looked at the absolute urban-ness of the surroundings it did impress us. That this spiritual place could exist right in the middle of downtown Bangkok was kind of surreal. Although I have a spiritual existence every time I go to a hot dog stand in NYC, so I guess I’m no stranger to this phenomenon.

After the temple we got on the train again and went to Little Siam. This is where all the young kids go. It was no Harajuku, but it was still fun. Lots of high school kids in their school uniforms going into shops. Lots of clothing stores. Lots of music stores. Hair and nail places. You get the idea.

Then we walked to the Bangkok mega mall. This was eight stories of stuff that included a Dairy Queen. We were thinking about seeing a movie to get off our feet again, but nothing good was playing. So we left and took the train back to our hotel. We may have eaten dinner someplace but I don’t remember.