Final Few Hours Touristing in Bangkok

Well-lit night scene on Si Lom Road

I'm down to my final few hours to do tourist things in this tourist town in my capacity as a tourist in tourist season.  I'm touristed out and ready to go home.

One thing I did not do is this:

That is the King Power Mahanakhon.  It's 78 stories tall and there is a balcony at the top that sightseers go up -- it's a rather pricey ticket at about $30 U.S. -- which is 1000 baht -ish -- and the balcony at the top is clear plexiglass.  I'm not sure what I would do up there.  Except have a panic attack.  And I see no need to pay $30 U.S. for the pleasure of a panic attack.

Another view does not make me any less susceptible to a panic attack on the plexiglass balcony, drinking expensive drinks with the party tourist crowd

For supper, I went to Silom Edge mall right near my hotel.  There are a ton of Asian eateries in here, only a few of which are Thai.  There is more Japanese and Chinese than Thai.  And a smattering of Vietnamese and Korean.  And a KFC, which I guess counts as American cuisine.

I'm getting homesick -- homesick for the home cooking in Seoul -- so I went Korean.

A Korean chicken joint.  Not sure if they have these in Korea, but they do in Bangkok.  And I'm in Bangkok for another few hours.

I had the caramel chicken which, I could swear, is a Vietnamese dish.  I would say this might then be one of those "Asian fusion" cuisine restaurants, but, c'mon, does this look like a hipster fusion restaurant.  It's fast food.  Served fast.

Soon enough I'm walking down Silom Road.

To go the Patpong Night Market.  Open 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight.

I wanted to buy an elephant print shirt for my tourist adventure:  Hawaii.  Elephant shirts will fit right in there.