A City that Loves to Shop!

Our first weekend in Bangkok left a lasting impression on me....it seems that everyone here loves to shop! Saturday we decided that we needed to pick up some basic groceries and household stuff, and ventured out to a supermarket that we were told was down the street. Little did we realize that the supermarket was on the basement floor of a massive shopping mall.

This was just the start of our mall adventures, which really got me to start thinking....why do our malls just suck in the US :) Sunday we went to the Siam Center, where there were a series of malls taking up blocks of central Bangkok. One of these malls was called Siam Paragon. Now this was the most amazing mall ever. The ground floor was a never ending food court along with a Whole Foods-esque grocery story in the center. The next four floors were broken up by categories, with very high end stores filling up the mall. The very top was the entertainment floor, with a new wave-like bowling alley, movie theater, and a lounge movie theater. We are going to have to go back and try out a movie at the theater.

The interesting thing with these malls was that it seemed to be a central spot for the the thai to socialize. The floors were filled with restaurants and clubs/lounges. The food courts were open and filled with students. Maybe since it is rainy season, but it did seem like all of the city was shopping this weekend, must be part of the culture :)


So after all our shopping, this is all we brought back :) For those who have seen our Brazil pictures will understand our obsession with coconuts...we were very pleased with the fact that you could buy them for $0.25 at the grocery store. I wanted to buy a cart full so we could be fully stocked, but realized they would be too heavy to carry back to our apartment :(