This morning, in the most inopportune way, I woke at 3am. It was inopportune because we were headed off to Bangkok for three pretty full days and I really wanted to be well rested.
But no, it was not to be.
It was not all bad news though as Angus, my son who now resides in London, had written to me asking for some help, which I attended to immediately. The joy one gets when helping offspring is worth the loss of sleep, even if the loss wasn't required.
The driver, from Hua Hin Cab - a service I cannot recommend highly enough, arrived a little early and we were therefore on our way by 8:45am.
The highway traffic was very light and we made good time, enough to be able to stop for a good break after about an hour on the road.
This is the vehicle we rode in. It's a Toyota TRD Frontrunner. lots of room and well appointed.
Here's Tiz enjoying a Matcha Latte with our driver, a really nice guy,
playing "funny bugger" in the background.
We made it to the Ambassador Hotel in about 2.5 hours, which we were pleased with.
Their check in time is 2:00pm. A trio of Indian business men were most displeased that the hotel wasn't flexible and voiced their opinions at us, seemingly looking for some support.
We just turned around and took our bags to the concierge to hold until 2:00pm!
Simple.
Tiz loaded the Grab app (South East Asias version of Uber) and got us a car to go to the Old Town.
The Old Town was a spot that her Thai language teacher, Som, had highly recommended.
👋 A big shout out to Som too. 👋
What she and Tiz achieved together is remarkable and has made our trip so much easier and pleasant.
ขอบคุณมาก!
I hope that came out right 😁
Here is the start of the street through the Old Town
Lee, at this point is dry, as we all were
I wish I could explain WTF (Why The Face) on Tiz, but I can't.
I do know that I'm going to be in trouble when she reads this post though 😅
Here's Tiz, in a shot that she won't mind
Beware of these two "water assasins"
Especially this one!
She has BIG squirter.
Heading into the thick of things
Things are getting wetter
This is when you know that the perpetrators are getting cheeky.
Big chunks of ice in the water
Lee and I doing our best impressions of Chinese people having their photo taken.
Lunch spot
Pad Thai Prawn, for Tiz
Pad Thai Beef, for Lee
Spicy Pork, for me
This guy had his "refill station" just outside our chosen lunch spot.
Just look at the glacier he had in it!
If you are ever in Bangkok for Songkran and you see this sweet young thing, RUN!
She is a killer with a smile.
Her water pistol looked like a fire hose when it was aimed at you.
That thing in her hands defied physics!
The family that prepares for Songkran in pyjamas together always has fun
Tiz in the tuk tuk that took us to the pier for our tour
All the following shots, unless they have something written below them,
are taken in the canals around Bangkok
Catfish being fed by tourists around the pier
The Grand Palace, from the outside, as it was closed today, unbeknown to us before we got there
Tonight we ate at Maxim's in an area that could easily have been mistaken for somewhere in India,
but what we ate was quite Thai and a little Vietnamese
Pork with wintergreens
Pork with Chinese Broccoli
and more wintergreens
The bill for the whole lot, which was more than I took pics of.
<AUD 60 for three including drinks. Not bad at all.
Tomorrow we leave the hotel at 6am to go north for the long tour, so I'll send this out tonight.
Have a great day wherever you are and doing whatever you're doing!
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