Jacob found a rugby club in Bangkok and emailed them about playing, he’ll probably be starting soon! The rugby world cup kicked off on Friday and Jacob went out to downtown Bangkok on his own by bus and train to meet some of the guys from the club, and to watch the first game. He’s so brave! All on his own, navigating the city, and going to meet up with strangers and make friends! I couldn't do that. It all turned out well and he made lots of friends like he always does, except at the end of the night one of the guys took Jacob’s backpack thinking it was his own. That was bad because Jacob’s kindle, umbrella, raincoat, map, etc. were all in there.
It all turned out okay because Saturday, we went back together to watch the Argentina vs. England game at the same place and a bunch of the same guys were there, the one who had mistakenly taken Jacob’s backpack brought it back and everything was still there. That was a relief! They’re all nice guys, mostly European, and very friendly. The sports bar (who is owned by one of the funders for the rugby club) also has lots of non-Thai food so I had a pretty tasty club sandwich with fries, which was a nice break from Thai food. Even though all the Thai food is great, it was nice to have a sandwich for a change and being around lots of people speaking a language I could understand was nice too.
After the game we went to the downtown Central Plaza which is a huge 7 story shopping mall, to look for cleats in Jacob’s size. Central Plaza is a big mall brand (what’s a better word for that?) around here, like Westfield Shopping Centers are all over California. The downtown Central Plaza is in a shopping corridor, so apart from being massive on its own, it’s right next to 4 other huge shopping centers. If we need anything, I’m sure we can find it here. We found some cleats that are about a half size too small, and they cost $100 USD. He might get those, but we might just look online, and he’ll go to a few practices without cleats to make sure he wants to play.
What else? Hmmm… we’ve been seeing people eating this grilled whole fish everywhere and Jacob’s been wanting to try one, and we finally did! It was very good. I’ll put a picture below. I don’t think I’ve mentioned these before, but some of the weirder food we’ve tried includes chicken joints, pig neck, pig udder, intestine soup (probably pig, they eat a lot of pork here), we tried getting duck beak but they were out… they’ve all been okay, but not really favorites for me. We also picked up a dragon fruit to try last night (picture below). I think it mostly just looks cool, but doesn’t taste like much. Jacob liked it.
Jacob got a massage today! It was 140 baht for an hour! He said that he barely fit onto the massage table and they were teasing him about being so tall and hairy. Thai massages are known for being really painful (but make you feel really good afterwards), so I need to learn some new words (like soft and stop) before I give it a try. There was a lady on the table next to Jacob who kept yelling out in pain the whole time, but he said that it wasn’t really that bad.
Whole fish before:
Whole fish after:
Example of "to-go" soup in Bangkok, they wrap up the food in butcher paper and put a rubber band around it, and then the broth comes in a plastic bag:
Downtown Bangkok, this is near Central Plaza and the huge shopping area:
Dragon fruit:
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