A Visit to Pantip Plaza

We originally started out this morning to simply get our marriage documents translated into Thai so that Phai and I could register our marriage here in Thailand. We went to the location of a company we had used two years ago but they were no longer there. A person who works in the building suggested we go the building next door and gave us the name of a company there. Well, we ended up spending several hours there exploring how we might possibly be able to bring Fa Sai back to the States with us. Phai and I have an appointment with the U.S. Embassy at 7:30 am tomorrow to talk with them and we will see where we go from there. I met one guy from the United States while we were waiting to meet with a consoler and he has been working with this company to bring his Thai wife to the United States. They have been specializing in obtaining Visas for for Thais to immigrate to other countries for ten years now and were wonderful about explaining all the procedures and the potential for success. 

Did a lot more shopping today and I am working on a video I shot while walking back to our hotel. With the slowness of the internet in the evening it may or may not get uploaded this evening (your morning) because so many people get on the internet in the evening at the hotel. A part of my shopping mission today was "Pantip Plaze" which is an amazing place. Some of you know I am bit of a "geek" when it comes to computers, electronics and software. Well, Pantip Plaza is a Geeks heaven. Poor Phai and Fa Sai were bored so I didn't explore as much as I wanted to but will try and come back before we leave. It is walking distance from our hotel. My biggest disappointed was none of the Camera Shops there carry Sony wide angle lenses. We did visit the Apple authorized dealer there and it was modeled loosely an and Apple store set up even with the employees where blue shirts with the name of the store on them. Prices were very comparable with U.S. pricing.

Then it was back to a huge multi story wholesale clothing mall and I found some very nice shorts (bought 3 pair) and a very unique Thai shirt that I plan to show off when I return to the states.

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Five Stories of Geek Heaven

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I could spend hours here but it would be dangerous to my wallet.


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