BTS to Siam and then switch over to the Silom line to National Stadium exit!
A short walk down a soi and here we are!
100 baht to get in ($3)
This guy has little silk balls that are boiling in a pot and somehow he is pulling the silk out???
crazy
silk worms doing all the hard work!
Spirit house~ Thai's believe you give food, water and flowers to keep evil away.
We learned you place them where the shadow of the house will not fall on them!
Buddha with his head and hand missing, supposedly done in a time of war...
Jim Thompson took 6 houses (I think... it might have been 8) and made them into one!
This is the entrance form the long that is no longer in use!
living room (used to be an entire house)
They wouldn't allow us to take any more pictures inside the house...
but my Dad shot some from the windows with a zoom lens so I will have to borrow some of those :)!!!
lunch at the Jim Thompson restaurant!
chicken in leaves with yummy sauce (not the real name)
Dad and Steve got beef stir fry
John and Mom cashew chicken
I got chicken with basil
On the way to the BTS we found a little shop and John and I
got a painting for our "where we've lived" wall!!
This is very rare to see an empty BTS train!!!
Mom had to get her grandbaby Jack (expected in October) a onesie that matches his nursery!!
The crew on the BTS headed back to the Emporium!!
And I thought Florida had lush flora!! The Jim Thompson area has beautiful landscaping. Everything is so healthy looking there. Leave it to Jim Thompson to do things right. :)) Food looks good, theatre is so very interesting. No real news from here, things are okay with us. BT
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