• Now that Dave Barry left the newspapers and is writing a substack, he is even funnier. Now, he is using  AI image generation and going even further.

    https://davebarry.substack.com/p/halloween-724

  • One of the surprising things about Bangkok malls was the car dealerships. With cars. On the upper floors. While there wasn’t anything special about the cars (other than steering wheel on the right which always jars my brain), this dealership had these two things right on the mall walkway.

    Presumably they were there to (1) get attention, and (2) give the impression that the car brand was cool and high tech. It certainly did (1). There was no signage or other information about the two things. I presumed that both were just shells with no functioning internals. Why would you park something that works in a mall? The cars they sell, those need to drive in and out. The flying car and robot? Not so much.

    If anyone has info that this drone car actually flies, let me know. That would be cool.

  • Really, you need to look up how to pronounce Phuket. Yes, I know it is fun to say it as your inner teenager is pronouncing it.

    The day we left, Bangkok was rainy and Phuket was sunny. There is a smaller airport in Bangkok that we flew out of and it was cool to see the names and tail decor on the smaller airlines.

  • One of the malls in Bangkok had an airport theme. The doors into the mall were Gate 1, 2, 3, etc. The floors were different cities. It was pretty fun to walk around and see what a mall in a different country looks like.

  • This was the breakfast buffet at our Bangkok hotel. A very small portion of the buffet. They have an actual honeycomb draining out into the serving dish. It was very cool.

    The buffet itself was easily the biggest buffet I have ever been to. This includes all kinds of buffets in the US. Imagine the breakfasts they have out at Hampton Inn or Holiday Inn Express. About ten feet of counter with various foods.

    Now imagine at least twenty counters like that. The counter in the picture below was just the pancake, waffle, french toast station. The guest were very international and there seemed to be breakfast items for every culture on the planet. Most options would not be considered breakfast items in the US, but everything I tried was tasty. The pineapple fried rice was surprisingly tasty for breakfast.

    And they had BOTH crispy and soft bacon available at all times.

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