Thai the Loose Ends

Our time in Thailand ended. Thailand is an amazing place and we are going to miss it.

Later today, our daughter arrives to join us in Kuala Lumpur where she will spend her winter break. She is spending her spring semester studying abroad in Amman, Jordan, so when she leaves us she will head west again.

We are excited about that, but because we enjoyed Thailand so much, here is one last post about the end of our time there and just some of the fun things that Thailand has to offer. That's in addition to super kind people, delicious food, great public transportation, and affordability.

Chinatown in Bangkok

Our last "adventure" was to head into Chinatown in Bangkok. There we had a delicious dinner including pork on a stick and fried balls of coconut custard. And then we headed to the Chao Phraya River to see a drone show. Except, we didn't see a drone show. We saw fireworks and expected some sort of drone show either before or after. But we did not see one. If there were drones doing anything amazing, it wasn't where we were. And there were lots of other people around, so we weren't the only ones watching.

Those are fireworks, not an apocalypse, I promise.

On our way back, we went through a walking district (called a walking district though there were still cars driving on the roads, so what's that about?) Here we saw a play. It was being performed on a raised stage right at the side of the road. It was in Thai, so we had no idea what was going on, but it was interesting to watch for a few minutes.

Here are a couple of other sites we beheld that night:

How'd you like to spend Christmas in Bangkok, Thailand?

Even in this mostly Buddhist country, some of the stores are brimming with Christmas items for sale.

Do you need somewhere to lay your weary head?

While others are selling penis pillows.

And here are a couple of items we saw in Thailand, not during our Chinatown adventure.

I'm sure they are going for a pun on "excuse me" rather than "execute me" but I would still be wary.

I am amused that it has a cartoon on it, but says it is "Adult Toothpaste"

Now this second one we bought. I know you're thinking, seriously Erich, you needed childish toothpaste. Brace yourselves. This one wasn't me. Alrica wanted it. Not so much because of a cartoon character that we don't know, but because she wanted to try peach flavored toothpaste. And you know what, it's good! And it's for adults. It says so right on the tube. So back off, haters!

Farewell for now, Thailand. I'm sure we will be back.