ECQ Retreat 2006 : Day 3

As usual, woke up, washed up, went breakfast and it was time to go to the weekend market. Quite a big group was going and we needa took a few cabs down to the place. I shared a cab with Irene, S and SS. As the different groups arrived at different time, and possibly alighted at different locations, we all walked on our own. After a while, we met the other groups at one of the lane of shops. So D, S and I decided to stick together as the rest were only planning to stay at the market for at most a couple of hours. So we went on separate ways.

Had a very bad experience the last time I came here, i.e. I lost my wallet. So this time I was quite paranoid. I put my cash in separate locations and was constantly checking that my wallet was still around. We walked for quite a long hour, about 3 hours plus I think. This time I did not buy anything from here, only D and S bought only bought a T shirt from here, while D and S bought a lot more. D bought some souveniors, hair clips, a T shirt and some other little stuff while S bought mainly handbags and T shirts.

We sat down for a break after that. Then we decided to go around the outer perimeter of the market. Along the way bought some snacks and drinks.

There was a stall selling puppy. And this was one of them.

Saw this man performance some magic trick with a little book, which he was selling for THB20.

Then we passed by a booth where they were promoting a new green tea drinks. The staff then asked S and I to participate in a little game. She then gave us two bottles of the green tea for our effort.

By the time we were done and left the weekend market, it was about 530pm. We went back to the hotel and waited for E, whom we were meeting for dinner. She came by pretty punctually and we went to a nearby restaurant for our meal. We chatted while having dinner, and heard that some of the staff saw E the previous day at MBK, with her good friend... :P . She was meeting her other group of friends, so had to leave after dinner. As there was still time, she went with D, PK and XY etc to Siam area and we parted.

Later on, I went to Khao San Road with DT, Irene, S, V and YP. We took 2 separate cabs there and alighted at different locations. It took us a while before we found the other group. Took quite some time for us to walk the whole street.

Saw one of the stalls selling this 'exotic' food... :D. I have tried this on my last trip to BKK btw.

There is this Sidewalk Cafe but we didn't patronize it.

After that stopped by a place for a drink (not sure if it could be called a pub). I ordered a cocktail called "Sex on the beach", but it tasted very much like cough syrup.

Head back to the hotel for a change of clothes before going for foot reflexology. This time we went to another massage parlour. Altogether there were 7 of us and the session costed THB180 per pax. Linda was still doing her foot reflex when we reached, with CH accompanying her.

By the time we were all done, it was way past 2am and we called it a day.