Tut Tut

Tut Tut

The driver can make this or break this journey for you.

DON'T GET RIPPED OFF.

We we're lucky "Mr Sam" told us barter with them also.

(Introductions to "Mr Sam" Later)

Market

Market by Night

We were taken to the market by taxi.

It felt as if we were dumped in the middle of caos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But in a few minutes Gary had us methodically routing through market stalls.

We found this a mind blowning experience

( but did find ourselves going back twice, and going to another also)

We took Bev's advice and ate from a market stall - Gary having complete heart failure at the thought.

But spending only 160 bart (68 bart = £1.00) on a meal for the 4 of us this including drinks made him happier.

One of the experiences the girls loved about going to the market was the reurn trip in a Tut Tut.

Jim Thompon's House

17.2.07

Jim Thompson's House

• Jim Thompson was a famous silk trader in Thai land, who suddenly went missing.

in 1967 (please correct me if I've got this date incorrect).

• The pot has a beautiful big gold fish in which loves to be tickled, and we didn't need to give the girls much more opportunity to put their hands in.
• Both girls bought themselves a raw silk elephant, as a keepsake. Maybe you'll get to see them one day?!!

The Grand Palace or Golden Palace

17.2.07

The Golden temple is an amazing place, something not to be missed. But a little hard work with children trying to acclimatize.

The magnificent displays - creativity are all some what over whelming.

What do you think of the magnificent toporied trees?

Another plus for Bangkok

What we saw

16.2.07

From Rags - Riches, in only a matter of meters up the canal ?!!

Boat trip

16.2.07

Canal Boat

• Well 1st is the most important meal of the day - Breakfast. Go on look past Gary have a look at our outlook.
• This trip took about 2 hours, and was a really eye opener.
• wish we had more time and could have gone on it several times.
• The girls bought from a river market seller a musical frog.

Shangri La Hotel

15.2.07

We arrived at the Shangri la Hotel (5*)

www.shangrila.com

We settled very quickly into our room and went off to dinner in the Chang Palace ( a Chinese restaurant in the Hotel).

Have a look at the website it gives an idea of where and what we we're viewing during our stay

14th February 2007

Our Flight to Bangkok - was delayed.

This gave us time to recover from the huge wrench away from parents and grandparents at airport.

Chantelle -Had a hypo, and we had to calm her down quite a lot, and help her breath.

But Hey Ho only had 1 hour delay - Bangok here we come..............