Spontaneity is Key for Living in Bangkok
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Jul 18, 2009
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Bangkok, TH.40, Thailand
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Spontaneity is key for living in Bangkok. This great city has so many things going on all the time that just wondering down the streets can result in some amazing experiences. For example, on Saturday morning, Lauren and I woke up with no set agenda for what to do for the day. When the day was over, I had seen the 2 biggest sets of boobs in my life, touched the World Cup Trophy, and stood 800ft above Bangkok. Im assuming you would prefer I elaborate.
When we woke up in the morning, we had a clean slate for what to do for the day. Lauren suggested that we head to the Bangkok Arts & Cultural Center to check out some of their new exhibits. Being game for anything, I met Lauren after the gym and we headed to the Arts center. While we were waiting to switch BTS skytrains, I looked off the ledge and saw that there was a huge tent set up between the Siam Paragon Mall and Siam Discovery that said "For the TRUE football (soccer) fan." Being a huge soccer fan, I convinced (begged) Lauren to go there with me after the Arts Center.
The Arts Center was really cool. It is sort of a new-age center that has a lot of pieces from up and coming artists, as well as exhibits from local Art College students. One of the exhibits that met us at the door, was two HUGE statues of these women. They were oddly wearing leotards, and had numbers painted on their stomachs. Turns out the numbers represented the dates that WWI and WWII began, and these statues were a tribute to all the women that lost in the war. Needless to say, these women were cast with very voluptuous proportions and I gladly took my time...uh...admiring the artist's work. There were a number of other cool exhibits there specifically one by HRH the Princess who it turns out is a very good photographer. She had a whole bunch of pictures displayed that she took throughout her travels around the world last year. Pretty cool stuff.
After checking out some other exhibits, we headed to the Siam area to check out that football thing. There wasn't much going on underneath the big tent besides a few soccer-game booths. At one of the booths, the object was to kick the ball between a set of shoe boxes and score a goal without knocking the boxes down. So of course I tried.....and it never touched a box and I scored the goal! The guy handed us 4 tickets that said "Coca Cola World Cup Trophy Tour." Puzzled, we asked what the deal was, and he said that the World Cup Trophy was in BKK for the day and on display at the Convention Center in the mall, and those were tickets to get us in free! So after I peed my pants a little, we headed up to the 5th floor of the mall to the convention center, and there was this massive room filled with all World Cup exhibits and games and displays and all the Coke that you could drink. We quickly found the long line to see the Cup and it was a lot like Disney World. We waited for 30 minutes and they brought us into a room. Then they showed us soccer clips for 20 minutes while we waited, and then brought us into another room. Then we were given 3-D glasses and watched a 3-DD World Cup video for about 20 minutes. Then, FINALLY, we were all brought to a room...and there it was- the beautiful, soon to be won by the Dutch, World Cup Trophy! What they had you do is wait in line and then they allowed you to stand next to it. They took your picture, and then gave you a nice Coca-Cola bordered picture when you exited. You werent allowed to take your own pictures so the one that I have in the blog is a picture of the picture. Sorry its blurry. After that, I was on cloud 9 (not 9000) so we headed back to the Condo to regroup and so I could collect my marbles (and change my boxers).
It was a beautiful night, and we were sitting deciding what to do for the evening. We finally decided that we needed to go back to a place where we have not been since the first week we were in BKK. So we got all gussied-up and headed to the Lebua State Tower Hotel. Not just the hotel, but the 64th floor sky bar hotel. Now the drinks at this place are priced the same as the GDP of a 3rd world country, so we didnt stay long, but the views from this building are priceless. You can get nearly a 360 degree view of Bangkok with probably the best view of the Chao Phraya River thats available in Bangkok. After a few drinks and a bunch of pictures, we headed back. Another fine day in the City of Angels.
Thanks for reading! We are both getting into the long-haul of our jobs but always intend to enjoy life here to the fullest so keep checking back for updated entries. Thanks again for reading and we miss you all so much. Take care.
Always yours,
Lauren & Jason :-D :-D
Comments
Great report. Sounds like the Atlanta Coke esperience and phots.Remember?
Best to you both.
Betty and Bob