OK, so after our first day in Bankok we were really looking forward to our second day so we could improve our impressions.  We had said goodbye to Jo and Greg, found our way back to our hotel room and were pretty happy with ourselves as there were no mishaps along the way.

Day 2 – Adam was not feeling the best so we took it nice and slow.  Went down for breakfast and then up to the room to shower, shave….you know, the usual stuff one does in the mornings.  We lazed around until about 10am when Adam was feeling better.  Off to Jim Thompsons house.  What a little peice of quiet in the otherwise chaos of Bangkok.  It’s just lovely and tranquil.  We spent about two hours there.  We had to have a guide, but then we were able to wander the gardens by ourselves.  If you haven’t been there it’s worth a visit.

We decided to head on into the MBK shopping centre after that for a little bit of shopping.  Not a good idea if you have two people just not that into shopping.  It seems to be the place to go for a bit of a bargin for anything from mobile phones to furniture of just about any type.  After getting lost trying to find the food court there we managed to find an all you can eat place that cost us around $2 each plus drinks.  I’m not sure the Thai people have caught on to what “all you can eat” means, but generally there are more than six options and most people should be able to eat as least some of them.  Adam found something that I will describe as a dark brown cube which I think was beef(?) flavoured tofu (maybe).  He couldn’t eat it – “meat should have some texture” – I think the exact wording was.  I found some noodle and a tiny bit of vege and satay sauce.  I’m not normally a big fan of satay and this was not an exception.  I had a few mouthfuls before giving up and handing it over to Adam to finish off.  Oh well, it was enough for the two of us and all up it cost around $5.

After lunch we got lost trying to find the escalator down to the correct floor so we could head back to the BTS.  This took us around half an hour to do after asking directions.  We finally found the place we needed and were back on the train.  It took us short time to get back to our station and we found a burger place that serves REAL chicken in their chicken burgers!  They also serve that with lots (for me) of spice.  Mr Chesters, I may be a weak westerner with no taste for hot food, but you couldn’t beat me!!!!  I must say it was the best burger I’ve had in a while.

Back to the hotel to rest for a little while (I really hate shopping) and then off to dinner.  After wandering for a little while and a small incident involving me, clumsiness, a sticking out brick and a slide on the pavement, we found a nice restaurant that served both western and thai dishes.  Along with the food they also had an interesting music selection which included YMCA sung by a lounge singer with a bit of a jazz theme to it.  We ordered our meals and started with some delicious calimari which we shared.  I then had my stir fried pork with basil (lots and lots of pork, not any veges) and Adam had the green curry.  Unfortuately the pork and the curry won.  I love pork, but basically a plateful of the stuff is just too much for anyone.  Adam really really tried with the curry but the slow burning kicker after each mouthful just got the better of him.

After dinner it was back to the hotel to start packing.  I don’t think we were at all unhappy about this.  Not only were we leaving Bangkok which we still haven’t formulated a great opinion of, but we were leaving for Laos in the morning.

Our conclusion of Bangkok is that we probably need to spend a week there and try again at some time in the future.  It does seem like a great place to visit, we just weren’t in the right frame of mind at the time.