Bangkok Week 9 August 28, 2008 We got a printer! Thailand won its second gold! Some other things happened, too! View fullsize These two drinks were specifically chosen to coordinate with the colors worn by their buyer. View fullsize Thai-style ice cream, complete with peanuts, coconut jelly, black jelly, and colorful bits mixed in. View fullsize Mmm, black jelly. View fullsize Purchased? Or stolen? View fullsize Taking the printer on its inaugural skytrain ride. View fullsize Home-sweet-new-home. View fullsize Ooh! So that's what a printer is! View fullsize Voila! An excited computer, posing with its recently adopted sibling. View fullsize My souvenir from Kunming: Tuocha Cake. View fullsize A bunny hand-sewn by one of classmates. View fullsize Another souvenir from Kunming: either tea or chow fun. View fullsize Watching the gold-medal match of men's flighweight boxing, cheering on Thailand's hero-to-be. View fullsize Victory for Somjit... and Thailand! View fullsize Thailand's second (and last) gold of the 2008 Olympics. View fullsize Heading off to the Homebuyer's Expo at a big conference center downtown. View fullsize A construction site for yet another condo among the sea of tall modern buildings. View fullsize We were not looking to buy a home, despite what the signs suggest. View fullsize We really went for the free popcorn and tote bags. View fullsize It was huge; two floors packed with developers, banks, and papers to be given away. So overwhelming, we almost bought a resort home. View fullsize A vegetarian Chinese/Thai restaurant near the expo. (And a vegetarian Thai.) View fullsize 100% sugar in a bottle. View fullsize That's not real duck! View fullsize We went all the way to the new tower at Chula University to check out the hyped new bookstore. View fullsize Here's the bookstore! Good and empty! View fullsize A tree spilling its roots. View fullsize My swanky non-business cards. View fullsize This is how they eat bread here: they cut it up into cubes... View fullsize ... and dip it into green goo. View fullsize Finally! Hi, Chris! View fullsize A brilliantly-colored dragon fruit. View fullsize Look how nicely people line up to enter the skytrain at rush hour. View fullsize The Robot Building! (Note: Stay tuned for a better, head-on shot of him.) View fullsize Mr. Robot features many one-storey nuts on the side. View fullsize And in which direction would you like to drive?
