AKA- the World's Second Largest Building

now we are in day three of Bangkok 

Being with Laura, Matt and family was beyond wonderful. Have had a great time!! We will miss the family and being there so very much.

Next time you are feeling like showing someone from Asia a shopping center in the USA thinking they may be impressed, stop, they will not be impressed.  They will feel sorry for you having such a small little strip mall.  

For our last weekend here visiting with Matt, Laura and the grandkids we went to a nearby hotel, entertainment shopping center complex, for some reason assumed to be THE SECOND LARGEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD. How that is computed, calculated, claimed, I have no idea. Seems logical enough to me. Other shopping centers are also large, fancy, well appointed and full of high end shops.  This place does large well.  

This is the view off our hotel deck.  The right hand view was longer but partially blocked by stadium seating and water park features. Below is hotel pool complex and a partial selection of "outdoor" eating options. 

One of the lobbies in the shopping complex just off the atrium.  Just one of many similar yet different.

Part of water park area, with wave pool and part of a Dallas Cowboy size screen that, starting at noon, had running video and music — occasionally LOUD.

Another lobby or atrium, I forget 

Note sky bridge of plexiglass crossing the lobby area — yeah it is very cool 

Luke explaining something to Grandmama, as he often did.  And with volume and enthusiasm.

Lydia, Patt, and Isaac, enjoyed walking on air or the sky bridge in the lobby while Julianna and I were tight rope walking.

 and the view below from the sky bridge in the lobby 

We played in the hotel complex of six pools on the first day and with a late 5 PM check out on the second day, we went to the water park.

We also had early check in and beat the crowds by a lot the first day but by late afternoon, we are talking crowded. VERY Crowded. We had friends and neighbors.

The gang of us  — We had a grand time. 

There is more than one copy of this photo, as we were getting someone to take this photo, as is won't to happen several other people took the opportunity to photograph us.  We do look good, I think.

I will try to get some of the water park photos on a later blog this one has been late enough getting to press as finding an internet connection for my computer once again was a challenge.  I think fixed now though.

We had one wonderful time at the Worlds Second Largest Building.  Such fun.  The kids and the parents and grandparents played and played.  It was awesome.

and we sure do miss those kids to the north of us.