Bangkok 2.0

I'm I'm Back in Bangkok for an overnight stay. We didn't have an excursion planned for the day time. There was a party in the evening for the Round the World cruisers., more on that later. 

I decided to take the shuttle into town. I needed a white tshirt or tank top. I specifically asked the excursion leaders if there was a shopping mall where the shuttle left off, can you see where I'm going with this?  I was told yes. 40 minutes later I'm told I have to take the sky train into Bangkok to get to the mall. First, I'm alone, Rich didn't want to go shopping. Secondly, I have no baht, the local currency. So I wander off to see if maybe, just maybe I can find a mall

Nope, I did learn however, that it is very difficult to cross a street in Bangkok. Just because I have the green light doesn't mean traffic had to stop for me. I almost got hit by two cars and three motorcycles. I did wonder why all the pedestrians had run across the street.  It's to avoid those two cars and three motorcycles. 

So I made it back to pick up the bus and low and behold I missed the bus by 1 stinking minute. So I got to sit all by myself for an hour in the Bangkok bus station. 

Great trip. 80 minutes on a bus, an hour in a bus station, and no top. 

Thank heavens the evening went much better. We were taken to a lovely hotel for drinks, dinner,  a puppet show, Thai music, traditional Thai dancing, and fireworks. More than made up for the shopping mall disaster. 

A lovely trio

The musicians 

The male puppet

The female puppet

The fireworks