Bangkok has plenty of expensive shops where the prices are marked, but the streets are lined with stalls selling knockoff kit - movies, tv series, designer bags, sunglasses, watches, shirts and food, food, food.  The food is fantastic and you don't really have to bargain for that, but everything else sold on the street, it's about getting the best price, or just paying the ridiculous first price they ask for.  Don't feel bad about negotiation 'cause no one is ever going to sell you something at a loss - they will always make a profit.  Some people don't like to bargain, but here's a few tricks to go with the flow.  Smile, you are in the Land Of Smiles, after all.  It's  not the end of the world if you spend a few extra baht for that t-shirt.   Learn the basics of the language - the numbers, how to say how much, that's too much and what's your best price.  If you ask the price in Thai, you'll automatically get a lower starting price.   Once you get that lower starting price, counter with an offer 50% to 75% lower than what they asked for.  Remember, they won't sell at a loss so it's worth a go.  You should always know about what you want to pay and what a fair price is  - you can ask a local what price they'd pay, then you can expect to pay a little more.  'Cause you're not a local and that's just the way it works.   And if you're Japanese or from the Middle East, you automatically get a higher starting price.  'Cause that's just the way it works.

Towards the end of the bargaining, I'm a big fan of the walk away.  The other day, I was buying a soccer jersey - the price I was quoted (the popular tool to avoid language confusion is a large calculator, all of the shop vendors have them) was pretty darn high.  I shook my head and walked.  I took the nuclear option - I walked away before any bargaining started.  He asked me how much, what my price was, I just shook my head and kept going.  Wait, wait, wait.  A new number appeared on the calculator.  75% less than the his first attempt.  That was a starting point I could live with and I got a few more baht off of the final price.  I prefer to employ the walk away towards the end of a transaction and I'll usually use it when the starting price isn't so far out there that it's next to Neptune.

Tomorrow is the start of our trip home, flying Emirates to Dubai and then home to Kuwait.  Our trip was much more medical than tourism, but that's why we came here - the medical part.  And I did manage to sneak in a bit of tourism.  Our two big lessons learned were:

1.  If you have insurance and are in a place where there is good medical care, stay at home and get it done there.  BKK streets are anything but ADA friendly.
2.  If you don't have insurance or want something done that is not covered by insurance, this may be the trip for you.  There are lots of medical facilities in Thailand, but Bumrungrad International Hospital is the mother ship and particularly in medical care, you get what you pay for.

World class, great experience.