Indochina Day 18: Chu, MBK and Tuk Tuk Tour

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We got up late (as usual now) and went to Chu for breakfast. I had been meaning to go there for a little while because the hot chocolate was apparently really good. We both had very western breakfasts, me a eggs Benedict and her a standard eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, bread, etc. The mushrooms were interesting though. Oh yeah, the hot chocolate was really good. Really chocolaty.

After our meal, we headed to Health Land for a two hour therapeutic massage. After all of the walking we did the day before, getting my calves massaged was good for me, although quite a painful one. I think I had huge knots in both of my calves, although I think they were probably there for months if not years now. I really should stretch them out more now.

After getting cleaned up at the hotel, we went to MBK to do some exploring and shopping. I wanted to get post cards and a clean shirt. This mall was the largest one in Bangkok, but it was older, had lower ceilings, and definitely more crowded than Terminal 21. There were a lot of phone shops and scarf shops. Lots!

Maggie in one of the night tour Tuk Tuks.
Once we were finished at the mall we headed to one of the BRT stations to meet up with the Tuk Tuk tour group for our night out exploring Bangkok. There were eight of us plus the guide (the last pair did not show up) so we had a nice tour of the city in our clear roof Tuk Tuks.

Maggie in Klong San market getting ready to enjoy the food.
The highlight was probably visiting one of the temples (Wat Pho) at night, which was basically empty and allowed us to enjoy the grounds mostly to ourselves. Also, the Pad Thai we had that night was really good!

Taking a stroll through Sol Cowboy.

Since we were already out late, and we needed to go to bed early the next day since our flight was early in the morning, we decided to take this opportunity to walk over to Sol Cowboy to see what all the hoopla was about.

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