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Siam Discovery, Siam Centre & Paragon Mall

There are so many giant super malls here in Siam, its literally amazing how big they are. The three main ones I went to were Siam Discovery, Siam Centre and Paragon Mall. All of these malls were probably about 10 floors or so.

Siam Discovery is a whole bunch of different food places and exhibits sort of thing. Also a bunch of affordable brand names like Adidas and North Face and what not. On the very top floor there is a skating rink, Full size.

Siam Centre is a typical mall with mostly clothing stores. Throughout the mall they play a variety of Asian covers of american music like Adele, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and also Hip hop/ rap.

Paragon Mall is the fancy place. Picture every expensive brand name place and it has its own store in the mall. The food court in the place is literally the size of a regular mall in Canada. Its just massive. Every possible food from all around the world and there is even a supermarket in there too. An extremely oversized supermarket. In the centre there is a department store that stretched i think from the bottom floor all the way to the top. You can go to "The Canal" - a collection of stores and restaurants lining a waterway complete with fish, aquatic plants and escalators.

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  1. MargaretOctober 22, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Hi Hayden,

    This is Margaret, your mom's friend. Great descriptions ... I'm enjoying your blog. Keep it up!

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  2. Jennifer LawsonSeptember 26, 2013 at 1:53 AM

    Hi, I agree with you! The shopping malls are great! But please avoid The North Face store at Siam Discovery at all cost. They have the worst service.

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