Lunch and afternoon stroll in Bangkok

We decided to take the hotel Tuk Tuk (shuttle) over to a shopping center. I can see where riding in one of these that is going fast would be a bit scary. Metered taxis in BKK come in a variety of wild colors. Yellow and green Corollas; hot pink, bright blue, red. After we decided that the shopping center was a high-end mall, we took a cab to another one that Jim said had a food court that was pretty good. We were able to get a ride in one of the hot pink taxis. Even the seat covers were hot pink.

Hot pink taxis

Traffic is pretty bad. It took about 20 minutes to go between the shopping centers, but the fare was only 63 Bhat - about $2. We took escalators up 7 floors to the "food loft". About a half a dozen vendors selling Thai, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese food, smoothies, and dessert. Interesting payment system. They give you a 2x 8 card with a bar code. You choose what you want from a vendor. They scan the bar code and print a receipt. You find a table and a waiter takes the receipt and brings your lunch - cooked to order. When you are done, you take the card with the bar code to the register. They scan it and you pay the bill. Here's a pic of the mango and carmel crepe Michael found for dessert and one of the food court.

After a nap we set out with Dick to find a sim card for his phone. We walked back to the first mall and found the cell phone store. Sim card was BT150 or about $5. Since everyone was falling asleep, we decided to have dinner at the hotel and call it a night. Out of here at 10 AM tomorrow for the flight to Cambodia.

Here's a pic of the traffic on the street where our hotel is.