Thursday, February 22, 2007

Shopping and the night market

Today was a bit of a lazy day but I think we both deserved it after the past few days. We had a late start and then headed to the Canon Camera centre to get Matt's camera cleaned and repaired. After that we headed to Siam to take a wander around the massive shopping centres there. I was thinking of buying a new lens for my camera but wasn't really sure which one I wanted to decided against it.

On the way back we decided to indulge in a massage as they're so cheap here. I was worried about hurting my sunburn so decided on a reflexology foot massage. I was a little bit surprised when I was massaged right up past my knees and on my thighs -- thankfully my knees are feeling better today, but yesterday that would have been extremely painful. I was even more surprised when she moved on to my shoulders, neck and arms. Thankfully she mostly avoided the sunburn but I could hear Matt sniggering. I got a laugh too though, when his masseuse starting digging her elbows into her shoulders. Ha ha!

In the evening we went to the Suan Lum night bazaar. This is a really nice place to spend an evening with market stalls selling cheap clothes, shoes, souveniers and all sorts of other stuff, and a huge open area where you can sit and eat and drink and generally chill out. The liverpool match was on the big screen again so Matt was happy, we had loads to eat, a few beers and I picked up a few things in the markets. I'm very glad to have visited here as it is closing down at the end of April to make way for some yet to be announced commercial development.

After a quiet day today, I'm ready for a bit more sightseeing tomorrow so we'll probably head to the Grand Palace as well as a few other places - Matt is going to be my guide since it's only few weeks since he's been here before.