Bangkok Week 47 May 21, 2009 New Skytrain stations! New art exhibits! New guests in Bangkok! View fullsize Heading off to ride the new Silom Line extension to Wongwian Yai! View fullsize Even on Day 2, they've updated all the signs to indicate a new terminal station. View fullsize Looking toward the former terminal station, while stopped for 15 minutes (due to operational glitches). View fullsize Even the maps in the train cars are updated! View fullsize Still waiting for the train to move again. View fullsize The former terminal station is single-platform, so riders heading west have to stand here... View fullsize ...and riders heading east have to stand here! View fullsize The north-bound river view now available from the skytrain! View fullsize And the south-bound view. Care for a hi-rise? View fullsize Lots of condos are already going up on the other side of the river, anticipating this skytrain extension. View fullsize A new view of an older part of the city. View fullsize The new terminal station! Wongwian Yai! (It means "Big round-about"... and it's a 20-min walk from the monument to which its name refers.) View fullsize Looking further down the track, it's clear they plan for future extensions. View fullsize The station interior-- with slightly more modern architecture than the other stations. View fullsize Lunch at MBK -- haven't been here since with mum & dad! View fullsize Stopping at the BACC to see its new... View fullsize ... International Print and Drawing Exhibit. View fullsize It was a really large exhibition with submissions from many, many countries. View fullsize Here, a print-making demonstration. Participants sit on cardboard chairs. View fullsize The next day, a view of Don Meuang's tarmac from a footbridge. View fullsize And the discount imports store at the side of the highway to which we were heading. View fullsize It even has its own sign at the side of the highway. View fullsize A single side-street has been built up around this store View fullsize Our purchases -- they carry mostly Japanese (but some western) imports at discount prices. View fullsize Waiting for a bus to take us back. View fullsize Our exciting purchases! Cereal, raisins in bulk, wasabi peas, cookies, pasta, woah! View fullsize The new Adidas Factory Outlet in the Villa mall next door. Yeah, it's still unrealistically expensive. View fullsize Dinner with Ellen and Helena at a restaurant near their hotel. View fullsize Waiting for our dinner (it wasn't as dark as this picture makes it seem)... View fullsize ... and voila! The meal has appeared! View fullsize A Thai ladybug??
