Missed and had to re-book our Street Food Walking Tour - but had a wonderful day …...

So we were up - super early- to have breakfast and catch the 9:15 ferry to the Pier in order to meet up with our three-hour "Walking Tour of Street Food" in Bangkok. Dawn had toast- I had a tangerine- because we wanted room for the 13 Awesome places where we would taste food.

Got to the Pier and waited and looked and wondered and fretted. We REALLY hoped it was not a "scam" because we paid 2000 baht ( $60.00) for this tour. Decided to take the ferry back to the Resort - just in time for 15 minutes of the Breakfast Buffet….starving.

My baht ran out on my phone, so off I go to the Mini-mart to load up and Dawn went back to her room to check the information about this tour.  ( Someone did not read her email until the end ………and the Guide waited until 10 a.m. for us - and even phoned the Resort looking for us…..)

Oh well. It was NOT a scam and we re-booked for Monday morning.

In the meantime, Dawn swam her lengths, I got my much-needed manicure and pedicure done- luxurious!

(BTW - My FIRST ever facial was in Aylmer BEFORE I left for China. I had NEVER had a manicure or pedicure UNTIL I went to China. Asian women LOVE their beauty treatments - and they are SO cheap. I'm addicted, but I don't know if I can pay those prices back home……)

We headed out again at 5 pm. to just "walk the streets" on the other side of the Pier. Dinner cost just under $5.00 each Canadian- and was lovely. I had grilled salmon ( I'm on a seafood frenzy here) and Dawn had her THIRD Pad Thai- awesome

Street Life on Stathorn Road in Bangkok:

 Well, I just had to get this huge Coca Cola Ad after seeing it a bazzillion times at the Pier

 Food  Stalls

 Trinkets

 CROWDS and LOUD  traffic

 Some more "upscale " stores. We didn't go in…too expensive for our tastes, but beautiful clothes!

 The entrance to a college

 Dawn almost bought a dress here - cute!

A Shrine at the entrance  of a huge Hotel/Shopping Mall. Like China, these are side-by-each with local streets- love it!
Our first "greetings" by musicians on the Pier tonight….sweet! I can get rid of my (worthless) Baht coin this way

The traffic and crossing the road is UNREAL!!! We run and  hope for the best….

After landing back at the Resort at 8 pm., we heard (once again) a party-like microphone noise
 coming from within. We asked the doorman and they told us a Buddha ceremony one street over was in session. We decided to walk the ten minutes there…

 Blurry - on foot and lots of crowds….

 All activities to raise money for the Buddhist monks who manned each table and event

 I am loading 20 baht into a  clear plastic sleeve………..

We bought balls of chicken? pork? tofu? on a stick for 20 Baht and WOW - they were HOT (and sweet)