It's Christmas Eve here, but it couldn't feel less like Christmas. They do celebrate Christmas in Thailand (which is largely a Buddhist country) but due to the economic downturn, there are less Christmas displays, lights, etc. In the malls Christmas music is played at loud volume, but that's about it. I wish all of you out there in the colder parts of the world a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Today I did finally meet up with Paul and Birgit- my friends from Germany who are here on holiday, their daughters, Anna and Julika, and Ed, our friend and unofficial tour guide. We did some more shopping and eating together, seeing yet another huge mall in the Central Shopping District. Later we met up with some of Ed's friends and 10 of us went to dinner at a no-name local place away from the center, where the bill for our feast amount to only about $20. It was fun getting to see more of a local scene. After that we went for foot massages, as we didn't have time for the full ones. Massage is an integral part of every day life, it seems and is very affordable - about $10 for 2 hours. Nice!
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