Today most of us spent shopping at MBK. Mark and Bron caught up with an old friend who Mark worked with while at Atex. Kung took us shopping and helped us obtain a cheaper price. We then ate lunch at a Japanese restaurant in Siam Square.
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After lunch, we walked to Jim Thompson’s house that he built in Bangkok during the 50’s. He was an American businessman who helped revitalize the Thai silk and textile industry in the 1950s and 1960s. A former U.S. military intelligence officer who once worked for the Office of Strategic Services, Thompson mysteriously disappeared while going for a walk on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1967, in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia. Many hypotheses have been put forward to explain his disappearance, but what actually happened to him remains a mystery. We enjoyed a Drink with Kung in the hotel Lobby where we also met Donna, Tom and Emma.
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Greg, Carolyn, Tom, Donna, Mark and Bron ate an expensive dinner at Vertigo (Banyan Tree Hotel) on the 56th floor. It was a night to remember.