Waking up around 11am, I Googled a few things that we should do today - with cheap being a deciding factor. I managed to find two different art galleries that were both free and a highly regarded shopping mall that turned out to be just around the corner from the hostel.
First up Fitzey and I headed to the Terminal 21 mall. We wandered around for a while through it, checking out the stores on each of the six floors.
Much to our delight, the top floor of the mall was a food court ... and it was cheap! Very appetising meals could be had just about anywhere for the around $2 mark!
From here we headed to the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, a free art gallery just off the Skytrain route - very easy to get to from where we were.
The building is nine stories high with a handful of exhibits dotted around the building.
My favourite exhibition was a bunch centred around Crow's - some very dark and moody canvasses with great detail and stunning visuals.
Heading up further were more floors of art of varying appeal to me personally. Some I had to stop dead in my tracks to stare at for a few minutes with others an easy glimpse and keep walking.
The top floor didn't allow any photography but featured an interesting collection of culturally significant Thai art - some of them were very impressive.
From here it was off to the next gallery, Hof Art Space. Back on the Skytrain in the complete other direction and a ~$2 trip (almost as expensive as it gets!)
Hof is actually in an area called W District, which is a officially described as an "Art and Lifestyle Neighbourhood" - and it did not disappoint!
The gallery had some very cool pieces in it - quite a few of women which I wont lie, I do like! Otherwise it comprised of various mosaics, sculptures, paintings and other less traditional forms of art - one example was a small sandpit on a pedastal with words made in the sand using plastic beetles.
The photo directly above is actually of the piece on the left in the middle photo; made up of thousands of little photos as you can see!
After taking these shots I realised there were no photography signs scattered around so I decided not to take any more ... but no point letting them go to waste now right?!*
From here we headed outside into the courtyard area - more sculptures and more street art to peer at over a well priced beer. Not a bad way to spend the late afternoon at all!
After our stomachs started rumbling we jumped back on the Skytrain to Alok station where our hostel is nearby and grabbed a random curry and rice dish from a street vendor. We were told "spicy" by the lady serving, but ordered anyway and were duly rewarded with a great meal for under $2 once more!
Adam, Chris and Errica were due to arrive right now as I'm writing this, but their Jetstar flight got delayed three hours in Melbourne prior to leaving for Singapore - should have flown Air Asia! As such they missed their transfer to Bangkok and wont be in until around midnight.
Our night will now be spent checking in at their hostel for them (reception closes at 10pm) and waiting around somewhere close until they arrive!
* If anyone requests these photos to be taken down I will happily do so.
Very cultural Jas ...
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