Back in Bangkok

So we had to come back to this crazy city to apply for a Visa to Vietnam. Fingers crossed the Embassy knows what they're doing and doesn't lose our passports! Anyway this time we are staying in Siam Square which is the business/shopping centre of Bangkok. Its the most Western place we have been in Thailand so far and its a little weird actually. I am afraid to admit it but we were forced to eat at Macdonalds- starvation and lack of imagination are to blame- they call it McThai and have some weird shit on the menu. The shrimp burger that Tim ate was particularly questionable- but worse than that was the sweet corn ice cream sundae! We went to this mall that was 9 stories tall and the biggest shopping complex I have ever experienced. Very overwhelming- people everywhere. A new side to Bangkok to experience.

Other than marvelling at the imperialism of the Western world we mastered the public transport system- no more pushy tuk tuk drivers and lying lost taxi drivers for us! Well when i say mastered we caught the sky train and the ferry! The sky train is basically a monorail and after the rickety trains we have been catching it felt very futuristic- reminded me of the film "Bladeunner" as there are tv's everywhere just playing various advertisements. Fairly entertaining actually. So the point of catching the sky train was to head to the Museum of Forensic science. This is part of Bangkok hospital. When we arrived it absolutely bucketed down with rain and we had to sit in the waiting room of the hospital and listen to an old lady singing along to a grand piano- weird to have live entertainment in a hospital.

Anyway the forensic science museum was fairly stomach churning and even tough old Tim was a little overwhelmed by the gruesome pictures of mutilated bodies, mummified corpses of rape murderers put to death and the blood stained T-shirt of a murder victim who was stabbed to death with a dildo. my only regret was they didn't actually show the offending weapon - I dred to think why a woman would be interested in using a sex toy that can also stab! If anyone can fill me in I am interested in finding out. Damn it Tim jsut told me it was there- and I missed it. Apparently it looked like an ordinary dildo.

Anyway I tried to be brave and look at the 2 headed babies in jars etc. But Tim kept "worrying that I didn't like it" and ushered me out. Personally I think he got a bit sooky and I was a good manly excuse for leaving.

So we spent the rest of the afternoon wandering about Siam Square and eating icecream.