Bangkok Week 699 November 18, 2021 What a big week for Arlo! A staycation at the Shangr-La; his first haircut!; and even a visit from his Bu. Wow! View fullsize Another Friday, another morning of kicks and splashes. View fullsize This is a new activity: using the noodle, unknotted. View fullsize And sitting on the giant floating ice berg: get ready to jump off! View fullsize Arlo still needs to get comfortable floating on his back. View fullsize Who's this alien from another planet!? View fullsize Oh, that's just Dad, finally getting a new pair of glasses. View fullsize Celebrating Friday night with Mexican food: burritos and a quesadilla from around the corner. View fullsize Arlo starts his weekend in style! View fullsize And then it's off to the Shangri-La, where we'll spend one night. View fullsize Our room: it's ready for us. View fullsize And what a welcome gift: can't complain about still having status. View fullsize We even have a nice balcony, overlooking the river. View fullsize Pointing out all the boats. What a view! View fullsize Our balcony view. View fullsize The single best thing about this hotel: it has an escalator! View fullsize Paying a visit to the pool. View fullsize Relaxed yet, Arlo? This is a vacation! View fullsize Much better! View fullsize Into the water we go! View fullsize Enjoying splashing around with Dad. View fullsize The water was on the cool side! But Arlo didn't seem to mind. View fullsize He quickly figured out how to make the fountain shoot far. View fullsize Jump! View fullsize Attempting to drink the entire pool. View fullsize Cheese! View fullsize And altogether now! View fullsize Arlo's thrilled that the plate he's been given for "afternoon tea" has a tuk-tuk on it. View fullsize Drinking soda water like a big boy. View fullsize Ooh! Look at this tower of treats! View fullsize Enjoying our river view. View fullsize Arlo works meticulously to remove all the seeds from the watermelon. View fullsize In case you were wondering, this was Arlo's chair setup. View fullsize A river-level pano of the view. View fullsize Oh! I think this is Arlo's first time on a boat. View fullsize Checking out all the sights from the water level. View fullsize There's our hotel. (And the famous State Tower in the background.) View fullsize Getting back on, to cross back to the other side of the river. View fullsize Final verdict about boats? Neutral. View fullsize But this escalator back at the hotel is a winner! View fullsize Woah! Still impressed by what he can see from up here. View fullsize Even checking out the view from inside. View fullsize And this telephone is pretty neat, too! But it looks nothing like Dad's phone... View fullsize The sun is setting over Bangkok now. View fullsize Time for a river-side dinner! (Arlo brought his own cocktail nuts to the happy hour.) View fullsize A little too dark out for Arlo's taste. View fullsize There may not be many tourists, but the dinner cruises are back in action! View fullsize They certainly help add color to the night skyline. View fullsize Arlo's up at the crack of dawn (literally). View fullsize Anything good down there today? View fullsize Hey look! The Gold Line actually does operate! View fullsize It's never too early to ride the escalators. View fullsize Breakfast bonus: fish at eye-level! View fullsize Dad's excited for breakfast, but Arlo would rather be elsewhere. View fullsize Trying a chocolate croissant. More like, scraping out the chocolate from inside the croissant. View fullsize "Hold it up for the camera," said Mum. Arlo obliged. View fullsize Well, if we don't want breakfast, at least we can play with trucks. View fullsize There are even tiny snails in here: bonus! View fullsize Right there! View fullsize These tugs work in teams of 3 or 4 to steer the heavy loads upstream. View fullsize Here comes said load. View fullsize Busy Sunday morning on the Chao Phraya. View fullsize Since the morning is young, there's time for one last swim! View fullsize Oohhhh. I think this is even chillier than yesterday! View fullsize Nevermind, Arlo is enjoying himself. View fullsize Swimming to mum. View fullsize And swimming under the fountain tunnel. View fullsize Last time! View fullsize Arlo can't decide if he's cold, or having fun. View fullsize Mum had to bail first; Dad and Arlo didn't last much longer. View fullsize Arlo Burrito, with purple lips. Time to warm up. View fullsize And someone conked out at only 11:30 on the drive back. That's what happens when you wake up at 5! View fullsize Back at home, we have to measure up: it's the 14th! View fullsize That also means it's Auntie Erika's birthday. Happy birthday, Auntie Erika! View fullsize (Just in case you thought Arlo is always into having photos taken...) View fullsize And dinner with Arlo's friends at an open-air German restaurant on the khlong. View fullsize Well, Arlo didn't socialize much, but he did enjoy the fries. View fullsize Arlo hosted his friend Ronan for a play date on Monday. View fullsize Checking on the new pumpkin sprouts. View fullsize Cheese! A big grin for Mr. Big Hair -- for the last time! View fullsize The moment we've been waiting for (for years): Arlo's first haircut! Turns out, it was on Mum's lap... View fullsize And after. What a transformation. View fullsize We brought home a different boy entirely! View fullsize Same boy? Or did we accidentally take the wrong one home? View fullsize If that wasn't excitement enough for the morning: then Bu arrived! View fullsize Admiring Arlo's new t-shirt. View fullsize Bu brought grapes for Arlo. He wasted no time with them. View fullsize Showing Bu how he can use his walker... like a big boy? View fullsize Listening to the radio together. View fullsize Hey! Arlo hasn't had his hair brushed in ages! View fullsize Time to go already? View fullsize A good-bye hug. See you next month! View fullsize And winding down the day with a cement mixer. See you next week!
