Sunday 21th March
On Sunday we had breakfast at The Thai Teak House outside in the fresh air. As usual George & I are up first so relaxed over coffee while we waited for the others. After Breakfast we had a wonderful guided tour through the markets, our guides explaining all the food to us & then we had some time to wander on our own. We then headed back to the Thai House where the guys played cards outside, Judy sat outside also & read a book while Marian & I sat on these wonderful wooden rockers/recliners, listening to music & reading mags on Thailand & this very wonderful Thai Teak House. We then relaxed some more over a beautiful lunch. After lunch we packed our gear & headed off for a very magical longtail boat ride into Bangkok & hiked back to the hotel. The sad part is that this day's photos have disappeared. It appears that somehow as the memory card filled it then replaced the photos. That is the only explanation we can arrive at. I have tried to show a few photos from the internet that may give you an idea of what we saw. Very difficult as usually all the public photos are all glitter, not the people on their steps washing their clothes or crockery in the river. Some have larger photos, others don't, such a shame we lost those photos, there were some great ones there.
These photos show it pretty much as it was, although the houses certainly looked a lot older. Bottom right is a Spirit House.
We all met for tea, Damien led us down alleys, accross roads & into this Thai restaurant. We never managed to find it again but what great food & a lovely night. The end of our Intrepid tour, would recommend them to anyone, great tours & Damien, our guide was the BEST.
Monday 22th March
Our tour is over & only 2 days left. We fly out Wednesday. We are having a wander & picking up our laundry, very necessary as we had got to the stage of rewearing our clothes & trying to rinse things out in a shower or handbasin. It has been an absolutely fantastic trip, cannot begin to describe how much we have enjoyed it, we are very tired physically but it has been worth it.
It's worth having a look at the larger photos, there is a concrete pour going on here & also out of site of the camera, on left, are kids playing while their parents work.		Discovered this guy when we were getting our laundry, not sure how long before he gets trodden on.
Headed over to see the waterfront, Palace etc. had one of thoses TukTuk drivers who wanted to take us everywhere but where we wanted to go but finally got there. Found that area very oppressing, you were hassled to buy all the time, sad stories from all. A totally different & almost unpleasant atmosphere here compared to everywhere else we have been. Headed back to our backpack area, much more exciting & interesting.
A few shots around town plus some night shots from the taxi as we went to have our try-on for the clothes that were being made.
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