With a short turnaround in the city, you would think we would not have much of an eventful time… but…
Our quick stop by the Siam Center mall area awarded us with a try by the security guards at fleecing us for ’smoking’. That did not work. We did not have the requisite cigarettes, lighter, purse or gullability needed to extract the fine out of us on the spot. It certainly dented our trust in people in uniforms, though.
We found a side stall in Patpong before the evening stalls were set up that was serving street food. With some help from one of the mothers getting food for herself, we got some of the best spicy basil chicken we’ve ever had for a full 50 cents. No wonder the lady’s stand was so popular. Her cooking was heaven.
Derrell managed to depart from his wallet, so we had a round of cancelling ATM, credit cards and finding out that you need to show up in person to get a new California driver’s license.
The weather has turned from hot and sunny to hot and rainy. We were caught in a Denver-style downpour that turned us into drowning cats (and about as happy as a cat would be about it). We found out our travel tickets are still in a mixed state between American Airlines and Cathay Pacific when we decided to move on after looking at the weather forecast for the next 10 days in all the surrounding countryside. Thunderstorms everyday, bah.
We untied our flights, or at least waited two hours at the American Airlines office in Bangkok and another hour and half this morning at the ticket check-in counter while they STILL were having problems with our Cathay tickets. Seems Cathay kept cancelling our flights, but they were in the OneWorld side just fine. Amazingly, with only two minutes to spare, they got us on our flight. We had our doubts that they could do it.
We are sitting in the Hong Kong airport eating dim sum, being served coffee and surfing in the Cathay Lounge, so Cathay must not entirely be against us. The weather looks rather dull outside, though. That means it must be time for more coffee.
