Return to Bangkok: Pre-School Adventures

Trip Start Oct 24, 2005
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Friday, November 18, 2005

Upon returning from Ko Samet, we had to get a few final things done before school started on Sunday afternoon. First on the list was getting our final Japanese Encephalitis vaccine booster. So we headed over to Bumrungard Hospital, which is one of the big hospitals in Bangkok. I have to say I think it was one of the biggest hospitals I've ever seen -- floor upon floor, w/a foodcourt filling one floor in itself! Terribly clean and efficient, and on the plus side, everyone spoke English, so we didn't have any trouble getting our message across. And it was cheap as hell, to boot -- about 600B a piece, so about $15 for the doctor visit, the vaccine, and the administration yadda yadda. This was where I discovered my camera had somehow been broken (don't worry -- fortunately, it's still under warranty, so I'm getting a new one). So, for those of you asking for pictures, I don't have any to send -- all the photos from Cheri's wedding, San Francisco, and Thailand may be gone forever -- the brand new huge memory card I bought before leaving looks to have been compromised and is inaccesible Wat Pho
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 . We'll see (cross your fingers against it!).
After getting shots, we had to find Konrad some more school clothes, so we headed back to our 'hood, where the city's biggest (and best) malls are located. Thais LOVE shopping, and it's very evident -- the malls are the biggest I've ever seen (far bigger than Centro Sambil in Caracas, which is the largest S American mall). MBK, which is the mall right down the street from our lovely hotel, is about ten stories tall, and blocks upon blocks long (I can't even begin to estimate). And, just b/c they love shopping, don't think everything is outrageously expensive (of course some of it is, but the majority). Other than those items, we didn't really have much to do before school started, so we wandered around town a bit more, exploring Chinatown and the ex-pat areas (which is not just for American ex-pats -- it's full of people from every country, so we can find great food there from just about any culture -- yum).
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