Dragged ourselves out of bed in the early hours of the afternoon, jetlag really caught up with us today.
First stop, a suit fitting for Bourkie,all very stylish with silk shirt with suit and tie , ready and waiting for him when we get home.
On then to our travel agency where we picked up our tickets for tomorrow's adventure. Leaving our B&B at 6:30am and heading West to Kanchanburi on the Death railway across the bridge over the river Kwai to go trekking in the national park there for two days one night and then back to Bangkok for a couple of hours to pick up our visas for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos before heading further north on a night train to stay in Sukhothai to see the ancient city there.
Anyways we then went to the Golden Mountain, a buddhist shrine ontop of a hill with 400 steps to climb. Bourkie thinks he saw John Favraeu (famous from the film Swingers, a director and Monica's boyfriend in friends(the rich guy who wanted to become a kick boxer!)).
At around 5 we went to see the lying buddha, this 45 metre lying buddha in a building not much bigger,gold plated and absolutely huge!
While walking there we saw a dog on a tread mill and doors being carved with crests for Manu, Arsenal and Chelsea!
On through their city park, Sunam luang where there were stalls and everyone today is wearing yellow t-shirts in honour of the Kings birthday and for being in power for 60 years.
We saw the grand palace from outside, unfortunately too late to see the inside and had to cross 11 lines of traffic in rush hour to get to the touristy part of the city.
Its strange, we both had images of the city being alot more touristy but its only around the areas of Khao San that they are all stalls, bars , tattoo parlours,massage parlours , english book stalls and restaurants.
We got a lovely meal for 3.50 euros where they had a Galtee cheese calendar!!
On our way home we went to Starbucks for a treat where we saw a guy checking his hair in a mirror and his makeup, nice!
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I feel like the blind man in Amelie when she guides him across and describes what's around them - no worries if you haven't seen the movie yet, just trying to say reading your stories brings a smile on my face!
Have fun with the trek and I heard Sukhothai is nice too (Kim & Ad went cycling).
hug x
Sukhothai is really pretty. Take your time cycling around outside the central zone, the buildings there are more spread out and feel less like a theme park. There are a bunch of restaurents right outside the main entrance to the park. I recommend "The Coffee Cup". The mango chicken was divine. Have fun!
We're getting on a bus from Sukhothai to Chaing Mai today. I'll let you know how that goes.
HEYA Clare,oh & Richard i suppose although i dont know if he adds much to this blog other than Losing stuff,HA!
Ill be keeping up to date with all yer goings on,im still at college, talk to ya soon & enjoy yourselfs!
Hugh
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