Bangkok: MBK (1/27/09)

Our first external experience in Bangkok was taking the Skytrain to MBK (mahboonkrong). Pics of the main drag and exterior of MBK.



Check out all of the pink taxis!! Sensory overload!



This is like your typical American mall on steroids and crazy multicultural - think Northbrook Court meets knock off street vendors. Dozens of nationalities shopping together in a single massive structure housing old haunts like RL and J Crew like stores, mobile phone stands, hair salons, and knock off purse stands etc. Note the picture of the King at the top.





Crazy snacks mostly made of pork and fish products.



This guy was baking pork sheets.



Jojo with a cartoony friend.



A beauty salon smack dab in the middle of the ground level atrium.



Let me just note that the we were encouraged to eat at the mall food court. This was not what we had in mind, but we decided to listen to the concierge nonetheless. I'm really glad we did. The was about as gourmet as a food court gets - Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Italian food galore ... everything looked delicious!! We opted for Thai (when in Rome?) and had an absolutely fantastic first meal in BKK. Sorry, no pics - we were starving!!!