Days 17, 18 & 19 Revisited - Bangkok

The hotel we stayed at in Bangkok was right by the river (I guess the clue was in the name - Ibis Riverside) and this was the view from the swimming pool area.

 

On the ferry across the river...

 



 

...to get the dinner cruise boat.  Yum.

 

Wat Arun at night looked way more impressive than it did by day (see pix further on below)

 



 

Back on the ferry back to the hotel

 



 

And once more onto the ferry the next day to visit the sights.

 



 

First stop - The Grand Palace.

 



Via the market on the jetty - didn't stop to sample any of this - kinda wish we had now.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the mad, death-defying Tuk-Tuk ride

 



 

 

At the temple of one of those Buddhas - this one standing for a change.

 



 

 

 

 

 

And back on theTuk-Tuk to visit yet another Buddha.

 

Lily had to cover up because she was wearing shorts.

 



 

 

 

 We did see more Buddhas than you could shake several large sticks at but I think this one was our favourite - huge, golden, reclining with sworly mother-of-pearl toes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We changed a note for some coins so we could add to the ambience created by the sound of hundreds of coins hitting copper bowls - v, atmospheric.

 



 

 

Wat Arun by day

 



 

Off to Kao Thingy.  Forgot the name of the area where all the good T-shirt stalls were, and the Mango Lagoon restaurant where we had best Thai food ever.

 



 

At Jim Thompson's House

 



 

Boiling up silk worm cocoons to make silk thread.

 



At the (slightly disappointing) Temple of the Golden Buddha.  This is what £28 million dollars of gold looks like.

 



 

George developed a penchant for brightly coloured drinks which did funny things to his tongue.