Lost in Bangkok

"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure."   -William Feather

On Saturday we got lost in Bangkok.

At first, Alyssa, Becca, Haley, Lilly and I took a taxi to the BTS, which we then rode to the stop closest to the mysterious crepe place Dr. Register had told us about. We wandered around some pretty sketchy alleyways and got many strange look from some Thais before we found the most adorable French crepe restaurant just in time for brunch!

Afterwards we continued our walk. Haley led us with the map, I provided the compass, and Alyssa herded us all like we were children. Altogether we managed to find Platinum, a huge mall that is really more like a multi story indoor market. The prices were great! We were able to find some extra luggage for the flight back to the states and some cute shoes! Becca bought a huge suitcase, which was able to fit all of the other things we bought that day. It was quite humorous, Becca lugging around a ginormous suitcase in Bangkok. After we finished shopping we went to yet another mall just across the street to see a movie.

I convinced everyone to see Ant Man even though they had no idea what it was about, and we got some seats in the back. The chairs recline A LOT, and are very comfortable. It is definitely a popular date activity here in Thailand. Before the movie started, there was a tribute to the King and everyone stood up, showing their respect. The movie itself was AWESOME, and everyone else was glad they saw it too.

 Ice rink in the mall! 

Bangkok traffic

Next, we tried to find the BTS station from the mall. Five farang running through a huge mall, one with a big suitcase in order to make it to dinner on time must have been quite a sight. We probably asked about twenty people where the BTS station was and each pointed in a direction that we followed until we asked another person. We probably went in a few circles, but the mall is so massive that I don't actually think we did. Eventually, we found the station and forced are way onto the packed skytrain. We got off at the stop closest to the restaurant we were supposed to meet everyone at, and began hailing taxis. No taxi drivers seemed to know where Tawandang German Brewery is, or they didn't know what we were saying, because none would take us until finally a young man said yes. We had written the address down in English, and the taxi driver seemed to have an idea where that was, but our Thai is not great, and he knew little English. Haley struggled to communicate with him while we drove around Bangkok for a while. He started to call friends asking if they knew what we were talking about, and then we suggested he call Hui.

Hui didn't answer her phone.

The driver seemed to think we were looking for a hotel, and didn't know what Tawandang was. We were all getting kind of worried, when Hui called back and was able to give the man directions.

"Oh! Beer!" He said.

That was the one word we had to say in order for him to know where we were trying to go. It was maybe two minutes later and we were at the brewery eating food with all the others who weren't late.

Tawandang German Brewery was a pretty cool place. There were live performances the entire time we were there and the food was delicious. Kind of a unique mixture between German and Thai food.

 Rayna being Rayna. 

Our last dinner with Pat and Hui was a great but sad end to the night. I am going to miss those two crazy Thais!