Chinatown and the Big C

We went to Chinatown in Bangkok yesterday morning. It was like home in Flushing and also unlike home. It was very crowded on the streets and I didn't feel comfortable taking my camera out. There were stands roasting chestnuts and lots of vendors. I did take pictures at lunch. We ate at a Chinese restaurant that was one of our favorite meals so far. We ordered duck, roasted salted cashews, fried oysters and egg, and some dim sum buns. We went with our friends Scott and Ickyu (I don't know how to spell his name). Ickyu is from the same southern province Eli is from, and they are about a week apart in age. Our new friends Scott and Lucy have been our traveling buddies though out the adoption process. This is their second time around. They adopted a daughter from Thailand 3 years ago and came back to adopt a son.

This was our menu. Every 30 baht is about equal to one dollar.

Roast duck and dim sum buns.

While we were in China town I picked up some new jelly shoes. I saw a lot of Thai women wearing them and just loved them. The flat ones are apple scented!

After a little rest back at our hotel we went out again and took a cab to the Big C to pick up some more diapers. The Big C is another version of Walmart. We like it better than the Tesco Lotus. There is a mall on the lower level and Big C on the second floor. Here is a picture of McDonald's on the lower level.

The shopping cart technology was amazing. They have escalator ramps that you can drive your shopping cart onto and then it locks into place so it wont roll down.

After we got diapers and Eli was getting cranky we ate at a nice restaurant on the lower level. Jon ordered a spiced crab, which was amazing!

 I ordered a seafood noodle dish and a salmon dish for Eli. He ended up focusing his attention primarily on the fresh watermelon smoothie and the waitresses that were playing with him. We got to take some leftovers back to the hotel. I'm surprised Eli warmed up to the waitresses. He tends to dislike women (including me) and accept men easily. Eli let all of the men in our adoption group hold him, but still screams when I hold him. He is getting better though. Just a minute ago he ran out of the bathroom naked and baby powdered to me running away from Jon, who was trying to diaper him. He had a huge grin on his face and was laughing. He also let me hold him for a short walk today, as long as Jon was still in view.