DAY 19 - SOUVENIR SHOPPING

Danny and I took a baht taxi back to downtown Pattaya - trying to pick up a few souvenirs.   Only partially successful...  It's such a drag that practically every single shop sells exactly the same thing - way too predictable.  Went into the shopping mall attached to the Marriott Hotel and discovered what looks like it will be an excellent Japanese food restaurant.  We plan to make time to get back to try it out.  Had a snack and a drink in a German restaurant overlooking the beach road, did a little people watching.

Most of the malls here go up, rather than spread out.  Not unusual for a mall to be 5 floors high.  We checked out the top floor of this mall and discovered a number of touristy "attractions".  In order to take a break from the heat, we decided to check a couple of them out:  First one was probably the lamest 3-D "adventure ride" we've ever been on.  Won't waste time talking about details.








Second was Ripley's Believe It or Not and it was actually pretty entertaining.  Had a lot of the usual stuff (I imagine, never having been inside any of their other locations) but also had a definite Asian slant to the exhibits.  We managed to spend more than an hour browsing through - it was kind of fun :)













Third was Louis Tussaud's wax museum.  Note the name....  NOT Madame Tussaud - maybe a distant relative?  lol  Most of the exhibits were just not quite right....  There were also a lot of Asian celebrities that we were unfamiliar with.

We've seen a lot of great signs -
gonna start taking pics of them

Walked up and down a few side streets, searching for that perfect souvenir...  Stopped a couple of times for a cold beer - no worries - quite certain we more than worked the calories off with all the walking/heat today.

Spirit House outside
downtown mall

Another fine example of street wiring :)