Sunday, April 11

This morning, we went on another quest for kombucha supplies.

We took the metro to Chatuchak market, then walked down a street lined with shops selling various high-end housewares—one sold marble water features, another sold glass and ceramic Moroccan lamps, another sold large brass sculptures.

And then we arrived at the ceramic shop I had researched and it was amazing! Stacks and stacks of cute bowls and plates and cups, colored glasses, and lots and lots of kitchenware—all at great prices.

I found two large glass jars at 105 THB each (compared with the comparable-sized one I’d seen for 650 THB the day before). And I bought six flip-top glass bottles at 90 THB each (not 330 for one!). We also saw lots of cute stuff we could pick up once we have a more permanent residence (if our next place is anything like the last two, we'll need at least one decent kitchen knife, some smaller-sized bowls, and some heavier pots and pans).

We also stopped at a cute, local mall with shops selling Indian fabrics, huge paintings of peacocks and tigers, Buddha statues, and jewelry. We stopped in the food court for Thai iced tea, then lunch.

We meant to get duck soup, but ended up with BBQ pork with egg noodles,
which was delicious

Roman's pic of the prayer room outside the men's restroom--there seemed to be a
significant Muslim clientele at this mall

In the afternoon, we walked to the nearby water dispenser to fill up our water jugs (which is, by the way, easy and cheap—about 27 cents for over three gallons of water, issued from a machine). The sky looked ominously dark.