Terminal 21 and the Movies

Ended up staying home this weekend. I decided I didn't want to stay out after midnight. The BTS shuts down and I don't know any Thai, yet. So, I can use Grab Taxi, but I have no back up to that except walking. Sunday I felt really poorly so I stayed home. So, I ended up quite isolated. I stayed Monday, too. However, my legs are a lot better and they have stopped leakin. I will have to be careful where I sit from now on. The first thing to do when I get to Nepal will be to buy a secretary chair like that was at dad's house. Better, yet, I will look for a chair like the one that is in Julie and Sal's dining room.

I was really getting cabin fever, so I went out Tuesday to Terminal 21. After brunch, I saw Beauty And The Beast. It was surprisingly good. The theaters here are interesting.

1. You buy a specific seat; their is no general admission - sort of like going to a live theater performance.

2. The back row is a row of love seats. I was going to take a picture because they were empty last time. This time some people were sitting in them, so I didn't.

3. Goodies only cost about 50% - 60% compared to the U.S. and economy tickets (about 2/3 the theater) are about $4.00 (this was during the day).

4. Due to the heat Bangkok is a night city. There were few people during the day (20 out of 200 seats?). However, They have showings that start after midnight.

5. They have a listing of exactly how long previews and commercials are. There actually seem to be more previews, so previews may be free ones the theater shows and commercials may include previews the studios pay for. The above shows there will be 14 minutes of commercials, 15 minutes of previews, the movie lasts for 2 hours and five minutes, and the total time is 2 hours and 35 minutes.

6. Like we have the national anthem here, we all have to stand up between the commercials/previews and the movie while they play a song for the King while his picture is on the screen.

Here are a couple of pictures from the same spot. One is a picture towards the BTS station gates (3 stories above the street) and the other picture is toward T21 along the skywalk - really convenient!

Here is a picture back toward the BTS station.

Here is a picture of the innards of T21. It is 11 stories high with 600+ stores in the middle 9 floors. The top story is a fitness center and the bottom story is a maintenance floor, although they both have escalators. The elevator you see in the back is one that goes 3 floors at once.

This is from the top of the 3 story escalator.

Another picture showing the innards of T21.

Bye-bye T21. I took this picture of T21 from the loading platform (6 stories above the street) as I was leaving. There are actually 2 skywalks connecting the BTS station and T21. This outdoor walkway connects the 2 outside of T21.

Today is my first day at E88 (a play on the word egg (e88) - a place to hatch ideas), a Co-working place. More about this place and pictures in another post.

Namaste From (halfway to) Nepal