Bangkok days 2&3

On Monday and Tuesday Sam was preparing for the wedding. That meant a lot of tagging along (and then staying home) for me. On Monday Sam got her dress fitted and then we went to Jay’s house for a bit. I wanted to do a photoshoot there of her awesome modern+tropical house, but we weren’t there very long. We drove back into the city where Jay went to the gym and Sam and I walked around for a bit before getting massages.

You can’t go to Bangkok without taking a photo of Ronald praying.

Yes, I know he’s not praying. I’m surprised the bible belt in America hasn’t ordered these though. Every time I see it I think of Ron English. I didn’t try the Tuna Pie. Trust me, it looks much worse in real life.

Because of the tropical climate, it’s easy for public spaces both inside and out to have lots of plants. Plant walls (some spanning five stories) are very common. I want this in my house. I do not want the humidity, though.

The malls in Bangkok often take on science fiction aesthetics. In the photo below which mixes the Bangkok Transit System, an office building and a mall I can see Blade Runner, Total Recall, Batman (the Tim Burton version) and more.

As it got later we decided to try and find a Thai comic book store. A coworker had requested this on the day I left and I found it so interesting that I had to make it my mission. Unfortunately all the “comic book” stores at the malls were filled with nothing but Manga.

Despite not finding any comics at the mall, we did cross paths with the always interesting, Miss Puke. Yes, you read that right.

Ironically, after taking the BTS and walking the rest of the way back to Jay’s condo we found a tiny open air magazine shop that had what must be Thai comic books. They weren’t quite Manga, and weren’t quite the size of regular “American” comics, but it’ll have to do.

On Tuesday Sam had to get her dress and go through the wedding rehearsal. I elected to take it easy and lounge instead. How could you not with great Thai tv channels like the Panda Channel.