day twenty seven

ahhhhhh....back in bangkok. arrived in the wee hours of the morning, before anyone in their right minds had checked out of their guesthouse, and so we spent a few hours dozing in the restaurant area of Green Guesthouse waiting for an opening. we got a double room at around 9am. dumped our stuff in, showered, ate breakfast. the plan was to go to Siam Square, a giant market/mall area. I was feeling too tired to go, so the girls went without me. i slept for another hour, then walked up and down Kho Sahn Road by myself, making my last purchases. ahhh, how nice to be by myself, to walk at my own pace and dilly-dally (theres a word you haven't heard for 50 years) and dawdle and stare at other tourists and take ten minutes to decide which flavor fruit shake you want. it was wonderful. i did some email and met the girls back at our place in the afternoon. Miriam had bought a blender!!!!! it was something that, honestly, we had been talking about THE ENTIRE TRIP. stuff is so cheap here it makes sense to buy electronics and home supplies. and you know how necessary a blender is. it truly was the highlight of the day and that moment could not be topped. at night we did some more Kho Sahn shopping. then we had to drop Rachelle off at the airport!! boo hoo, she was not on our flight home. we had a nice dinner of KFC at the airport. once rachelle was through passport control, miriam, linda, and i returned home and slept in our double room. (it was kind of sneaky of us because we told them we were only 2 people. but who cares.)