Weekend in Nonthaburi & Bangkok

This past weekend Jess and Alex decided to visit our neighborhood. We were excited to show them our life in Nonthaburi. Their bus arrived on Saturday at 6AM - so early! We met them at their hotel, then went to find some breakfast. Shortly after the rain started pouring! It hasn't rained in about 2 weeks and it poured for about an hour!! This made for a wet walk back to our apartment. Attempting to dry off and grabbing some street donuts and 7-11 food, we visited a mall near us, something Alex and Jess do not have in Mae Sot. After a great lunch at a cute Italian place in the mall, we cooled off by the pool and soaked up the sun.

Saturday night we headed to downtown Bangkok to meet up with some other OEG teachers for dinner, at a sushi buffet. We were a bit nervous about the whole sushi thing, haven't ever had it before. The sushi restaurant had a moving treadmill type thing with many different ingredients to make soup.There was a stove with a pot on it in the middle of our table. We could grab food from the treadmill and throw it into the boiling pot. There were also many types of sushi, soda, and ice cream. We walked through the sushi line, unsure of what to grab yet filling our plates. Guess what..... Beth loved it!! Josh enjoyed it but it turns out that sushi is not his favorite food. We tried a few soup items but the sushi was the best! It was great to try new things and meet up with fellow OEG teachers.

To end the evening, us four went bowling. Fun times!

Loving Sushi!

Sunday we ventured out to Chatuchak Weekend Market. We wandered around, purchasing items here and there. The heat and crowds became too much so we returned to the pool to cool off. That evening we traveled to Asiatique, a converted warehouse block. It is now nice restaurants and shops next to the river, there is also a newly built Ferris Wheel. We enjoyed a great meal outdoors with live music. After dinner we  rode the Ferris Wheel. Each enclosed pod was air-conditioned! We went around 5 or 6 times and enjoyed great views of the city. Asiatique is such a beautiful area! We wanted to spend more time down there, but because we worked in the morning we left a bit early.

This weekend was Chinese New Year, so where ever we went we saw some sort of Chinese display or dance through the streets!

Monday, we went to work. Jess and Alex explored on their own. After school we met up to enjoy massages and grabbed supper. The massage place we usually go to only had three masseuses, so they stayed and we went to one of the other four places in the mall. We walked into one but decided to leave because it was a very odd place, all manly ladyboy masseuses, odd smell, and uncomfortable chairs. We did find another place to go, but we decided that our original place is the best one in that mall.

It was great to have Jess and Alex in our neighborhood, especially considering we will not see them until April, right before we go back to America. They have been great travel buddies and friends!