Bangkok, Thailand

To save on a ridiculouly early wake up time our last night in Pattaya we decided to stay one night in Bangkok and see what that had to offer. After getting to our hotel and checking in we had a few hours to play around with and right across the street was the self proclaimed 'World's Largest Shopping Mall'. I don't know if it's true or not, but that place was huge. Five stories of shops and two more with restaurants and arcades. The very top included a water park and a roller coaster. Unfortuantely it was closed at the time. You can see the red track in the picture.







We then went out to dinner and found the Hard Rock Cafe. This one was one of the biggest I had been in and we met several Americans either travelling or living in Thailand full time. After dinner a live band took the stage and played several songs as well as most cover bands in the states. It was a great way to end the trip.





After dinner we were told to visit the night markets if we were looking for some last minute souvenirs. The big city didn't have the truck cabs like Pattaya but did have a little more exotic mode of transportation. One of these tree wheeled scooters zipped us to the market area in no time while scaring the daylights out of us. Sharp corners and busy streets weren't something I was expecting when I jumped into this seatbelt-less ride. The ride ended with some kids runing up to us as we got out and soaked us in honor of the Songkran Festival. Ahhhh Thailand.......