Bangkok Part 2 - Day 4

New Year’s morning was another slow start. We weren’t sure what shops were going to be open but we thought we’d try our luck at MBK. Once again we wandered the endless floors of shops without a purchase to be bought, so we ditched MBK and headed to Platinum Fashion Mall.

After traversing most of the six floors of Platinum, we headed back to our hotel.Later in the evening we wandered back to Si Lom near the Patpong Night Markets. Next to Sala Daeng station was my newest favourite cheap shop, Don Don Donki, a Japanese chain. The song for the shop played on repeat. Most of the song is just Don Don Donki on repeat. The song plays throughout the store but the music isn’t synced so all you can hear is Don Don Donki. We stocked up on some supplies from the Don and then headed for dinner in the Night Markets.

Apart from Don Don Donki, I’ve noticed that I’ve formed an obsession with train announcements. Jason has his doors and windows, I have obsessions with train announcements. Maybe it’s because we spend so much time on trains or maybe this is how I learn some of the local language.

The Bangkok train announcements were made in Thai and English so it made it easier to learn some of the words: satarni rot fi Sala Daeng (the next station is Sala Daeng). In between the stations there were other random messages played advising passengers that they should not cross their legs or not wear backpacks during peak periods.Read more