Me and Nikki woke up at just after 9am this morning and after getting our act together and leaving the hotel, we went for some breakfast. We were gonna go out to one of the large markets but it started to rain, so we just sat around and drank coffee. Even though it was just after 10am, the bloke sat next to us ordered... a large beer, a bowl of soup, a triple-decker toasted sandwich and a lasagna. His partner had a bowl of fruit!The market we wanted to go to is only open on Saturdays and Sundays, so we decided to see some of the sights of Bangkok instead. We don't want to see too much, because we'd like to see it with Filer and Lisa when they get here in April - but we walked through Chinatown and down to some of the temples in the city. The first, called Wat Po, was pretty cool! When our guide was busy explaining something to us we noticed someone walking towards us and discovered it was Sebastian (from the Phang-Nga trip).
Sebastian tagged along with us, and after leaving the Wat Po temple, we went for some lunch down by the river before visiting the Royal Palace - which is much like Buckingham Palace in London... only covered in more gold! As a sign of respect for the King, you have to wear clothes of a certain length (although, i'm sure he would've approved of my Chicago Bulls vest had he seen it) and so we had to borrow some. I'll be honest, I was disappointed to have to give them back - I thought they were pretty dapper. Plus they definitely complimented my hair!
This evening me and Nikki collected our flight tickets and visas for Vietnam and then went for my second suit fitting. They work like lightning here - my shirt is already made and the trousers just need to be taken in slightly! Afterwards, we went out for a couple of beers and a meal before doing some shopping on the stalls close to our place.
Yippee! We're off to Vietnam tomorrow!
4 comments:
nice travel post...have fun in Vietnam.
Hi Nikki & Ben - God all the pictures look amazing - especially the beaches - however not sure I could cope with all the people in the towns! Your not missing much here - any day it is sunny, its also freezing! Glad you obth still having a good time - can't decide if I like the hair Ben! Veniesa
hey Ben & Nikki - your hair looks cool, i can just imagine our mums reaction when she seen you, thats if she could see through her tears!!
Hi Ben & Nikki- Nice pics, i think i saw uat the great palace^^. it was verry nice to see u both again, it was a verry nice afternoon. Im back in Germany, here we have 2 degrees and snow, im miss Thailand. Have nice days in vietnam and perhaps we see us in germany. U can find me now at facebook. Sebastian Kurtze
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