0009 Bridge over the River Kwai

Tuesday 26^th Feb was a busy day with a planned outing to the Floating Markets, a visit to an Elephant village, going to the Bridge on the River Kwai, and lastly to the Tiger Temple at Kanchanburi.  A lot of driving to do, so we were up at 5.30 am, picked up by the bus downstairs at 6.30 am, and didn’t get back home until 7.30 pm that night.  But it was a wonderful day !!

It was about a 2 hour drive to the Floating Markets at Damnoen Saduak, and the 13 seater bus was NOT a very good one.  It was not too bad for the other 7 people, but as we were the last ones aboard, we got the very back seat, which was perched much higher than all the others, so we could hardly see out of the windows. Pretty firm seats in the back, too, and it wasn’t always the smoothest road, but hey ho……..   We were off on an adventure into the unknown – And as you know, I LIKE adventures !!

0008 Bangkok (Updated 25th Feb)

It is now Sunday 24th Feb, and I flew up to Bangkok last Thursday to stay with my daughter Sarah and her husband Benn who live and work up here.  I have been to Bangkok before on business trips, but that was always either in a hotel or at the company office, so I have never really seen much of Bangkok, so this is a wonderful opportunity to look around. Janet has been here for 3 weeks already so has spent time with Sarah doing things that I really wasn't too keen on - Like cooking classes etc !!
Anyway, I will do just a single blog for my time here, and do it by day, with photos attached as I go, for those who are interested.