As in almost every weekend, Ella and I were looking for something to do. There was a Coffee Trade Show in town, which sounded fun. It was free to get in so that sounded exceptionally fun. Soon after walking in, one of the booths had an extensive menu of drinks with coffee in them, but I wouldn't exactly call them "coffee". I noticed a few of them were alcoholic. And so began my drinking spree at 10am. I got an Irish Coffee, which may have been one of the strongest mixed drinks I have ever had. 90% whiskey, it was an interesting start to the morning. While the rest of the convention didn't have the morning drunk vibe, there was far more than coffee there. Tons of sodas, fruit juices, and coffee-inspired products, I was proper hopped up on caffeine by the time lunch rolled around. For the grand total of 0 baht, it was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning.
We also got the chance to visit a museum often seen on Google Maps, but I have found no information on-line about. The Thai Labor Museum is an unassuming house out in an industrial part of town, next to a train station. Also free to get in, it was surprisingly well done and really should have far more visitors than it does. When looking at the guestbook, it averaged about one visit a day. Which kind of broke my heart, because the lady inside was super, super nice and really went out of her way to ensure we had a wonderful stay, despite her lack of English skills. I hope she doesn't live off of donations. But it should be much higher on travel sites. It's not going to blow your mind or anything, but it has lots of dioramas and authentic pieces from Thailand's history. Ella took a super long video of the whole place, so I suppose if you don't feel like visiting it yourself you can see that video I'm going to embed over here. Or over there. Over somewhere.
There was also a brief visit to the new re-opened Tubtim Shrine (previous entry here). Weird place, still full of penises. But not as many as there were previously. Since the whole purpose of this place is to see penises, I am unsure if that's a good or bad thing. Anyway, we checked it out at least. We also made a trip to Bang Pa In, the King's summer palace. I went to Bang Pa In one time, long ago, on one of my first weeks in Thailand. It was nice. I got there by riding on top of an ice cream truck, wearing a cowboy hat, and yelling at Chinese tourists. That story is here. Anyway, this time we took the train up, which is always a fun time in and of itself. For 14 baht, you can't really complain. It's by far the cheapest way to get around. As is so often the case with places like this, there isn't really too much I can say about it. It's pretty. There were lots of photos and same video. Here is some of them. I wonder when was the last time the King used this place? If I were some visiting dignitary, I would want to hang out here. It's very peaceful, and has a calm that Bangkok definitely does not have.
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