Bangkok Week 11 September 11, 2008 Out and about Bangkok: dinner downtown, at Chatuchak weekend market, and of course, at the apartment. View fullsize The first new fruit to try in a while. View fullsize In Thai, this fruit is called "lamut"... View fullsize ... and in Latin, "Porcus Nasus". View fullsize Venturing out during a looming storm, all in the name of a "Friday night on the town." View fullsize We dined at "Doo Dee Shop"... View fullsize ... and ate in the mashroom. View fullsize We had two fried noodle dishes: Pad Thai ... View fullsize ... and slimy green noodles. View fullsize Brr! The all-new MaxFresh zone connecting two malls in Siam Square. View fullsize Double-decker skytrains and palms at night. View fullsize A teeny glimpse of Chatuchak Market, the next day. Look at all the people smiling for the photo! View fullsize For 80 Baht, you too can get shot. View fullsize A little warm? Luckily, a shirt from Canada helps keep cool. View fullsize If you ever find yourself missing your foot, here's the place to come. View fullsize The famed square-cross-section ice cream bars. View fullsize Mmm. Black bean-flavored square ice cream. View fullsize The Madonna-esque rooves of some of the market's stalls. View fullsize Crossing a desert highway in search of a vegetarian foodcourt. View fullsize After several wrong turns and chats with strangers, we found the food court! View fullsize A vegetarian foodcourt even cheaper than the one we buy from daily. B15 (40 cents) a dish. View fullsize At left, veggies on rice. At right, noodle soup with various mock meats. View fullsize Mmm, soy protein. View fullsize Slurp? View fullsize Organizing old photos to be scanned. View fullsize As convincing as it looks, this is not a softball. View fullsize It's actually the strangest, most frustrating-to-eat fruit I've tried so far. View fullsize Apparently the "meaty" core is the desirable part. But I preferred the crispier shell. View fullsize Our "CSI: Vegas" collection now consists of 3 seasons, a total investment of less than $30. View fullsize The shady soi along which we walk to play squash at a hotel. View fullsize What's NOT wrong with this picture? View fullsize The used bookstore with a large selection of English-language books. View fullsize Chocolate sent from Canada (that costs the equivalent of 5 meals here). View fullsize Thai bread... View fullsize ...is really smushy, and too soft to be cut. View fullsize This loaf happens to be filled with raisins (concentrated along one side). View fullsize On a quest to find salty snacks, we tried this bag of "Paprika". View fullsize (Trying to) type on a new, Thai-alphabet keyboard. View fullsize My classmates, teacher, and a monster on the last day of "Speaking 2". View fullsize Yum! Green oranges and prickly balls. View fullsize Meticulously (obsessively?) peeling an orange in one continuous spiral. View fullsize One of the cinnamon rolls that my American classmate so kindly made and brought in for each of us on the first day of class.
