Place of Respect

Nice plaza at Ari BTS Station.

We went for a walk today, just to see what is in the opposite direction of the way we usually walk, near where we stay. Found a nice plaza and shopping area near the Ari BTS (Skytrain) Station (in the picture the sky train is above, in the background of the flags). One place has quite an upscale grocery store with good looking bread. Since we're leaving tomorrow we didn't buy any. The place also has quite a large Starbucks where dad is planted right now. I got tired of waiting so came back to the room. Lots of people were in Starbucks, and it was a large one too, much larger than the one in Grass Valley. They do a booming business. The fact that they have a fantastic air conditioning system doesn't hurt them one bit! That is why dad stayed, he bought a coffee and is reading the paper and is enjoying the a.c.! Down that way we also found a McDonalds and they have a Breakfast Sandwich, which is egg, cheese and bread. I had one and it wasn't bad at all. I had the papaya afterwards so all in all a fairly decent breakfast. Wish they had good bread but those fast food places never do. That I know of anyway.   Mom

Dad bought a bottle of fresh squeezed orange juice, about 60 cents. Trouble was she had added a touch of salt, made it an off flavor, I suggested it was good for the electrolytes and let it go...

Nice Thai man selling fruit. Dad bought a bag of pineapple and I bought a bag of papaya, for a little less than a dollar. Can you see the vendor making the peace sign?

In this Coke ad she is offering him rice! I guess rice and Coke go together!

RICE

Rice, how do I love thee, let me count Thai ways:

Steamed rice:
Plain steamed rice
Plain steamed rice with Maggi sauce
Steamed rice with steamed vegetables
Steamed rice with fried vegetables
Steamed rice with vegetables with fried egg on top
Steamed rice with vegetables with fried egg to the side
Sticky rice with mango

Fried rice:
Plain fried rice
Fried rice with scrambled egg
Fried rice with vegetables
Fried rice with fried egg  (also called American Fried Rice) The fried egg is actually deep fried.
Fried rice with pineapple

Going to Nepal on Friday. Potatoes, yeah! Bread, yeah! Apple pie, yeah!