Bangkok Day 2

We woke up pretty early Sunday morning, so we hustled out to the weekend market. We took our first ride on BTS which we often called by any 3 letter acronym that popped into our brain. There was a stop right near our hotel and one right at the weekend market. We were fortunate to wake up early, since it was only in the mid 80's by the time we got to the market and the real crowds had yet to arrive. We shopped and looked for a good place to eat. In a back corner of the market we found a great restaurant and sat down and ate pad thai for the first of many times for the weekend. We shopped until we were too hot and tired to go any farther. While eating we saw a really cool condiment set that we went back to get and the lady at the shop gave me a thumbs up on my Thai pronunciation. By the time we left the market was super crowded and steamy hot. We were glad to leave but wished that it was open more than weekends so we could come back and try all the great looking food. We went back to the hotel to get cool and change and then it was off to a mall and a tailor. After the tailors we took our first tuk tuk ride, a three wheeled taxi that you have to negotiate a fare and then hold on for dear life. The cool air of the open tuk tuk is refreshing, but smog filled. Plus, everyone in Thailand drives however they feel like. We had dinner at a restaurant that both Scotty and I had read about in the guidebooks, a place in Patpong called the Mango Tree. Patpong is the red light district, so the cast of characters we passed on the way to the restaurant was interesting. The restaurant was a nice place, but the food wasn't even as good as we'd had earlier at a place called Yum Saap in the mall. We then wandered through Patpong for a bit checking out a lot of the bootleg goods and advertisements for shows I will not print here. Nearly exhausted we went back to the hotel and crashed. This picture of the weekend market doesn't do much to convey the sights sounds and smells of the market.