I started the day by contacting our tour rep as the vehicle we had been promised our journey was a Toyota Innova but the vehicle we were offered was only a Tata sedan. Having travelled in it from the airport and experiencing the suspension, it was clear that the journey was not going to be a comfortable one around Rajasthan given the state of some of the roads. They argued that they knew nothing about the Toyota from the Australian office but I stuck to my guns a...

Early start for Cheryl and Rosie (flight at 08:40) while Clive and his party left a bit later (flight at 10:15). Transfer worked OK and check in was smooth and we were soon settled in the Thai Airways lounge. Boarded a bit late and were also delayed on the tarmac so we were 40 minutes late into Delhi. Met by our tour representative in Delhi with driver and were soon into Delhi's chaotic traffic to the hotel. After our briefing I knocked on Roger's door (friend ...

Rerk joined us at the ferry station mid morning and we set off to see Bangkok from the water on the public ferry. For 15 THB we went to the end of the line about 1.5 hrs away - great value. We got off the ferry and walked along the street sampling food from the stalls lining the way. We also explored the wet market before making our way back to the ferry. We had a picnic lunch (snacks and fruit bought from the stalls) before taking the ferry back to our starting ...

As our friends had never been to Bangkok, a visit to the Royal Palace was suggested. We were joined by Duen & Rerk (our Thai friends). Rerk had organised a mini van and driver which made life a lot easier. We arrived at the Palace to be confronted by hordes of tourists. Duen and Cheryl opted out of the Palace tour and the rest were carried along in the crowd to the Palace. Duen & Cheryl had a leisurely stroll through a nearby food market sampling the foo...

Both slept well on the flight. Into KL at 4:00 am however and had an agonizing 3 hour wait in KL's heat and humidity until our connecting flight to Bangkok. Short flight to Bangkok - back into the heat and humidity. Quick transfer (for Bangkok) to our hotel. We all have excellent 1 bedroom hotel apartments at Natural Ville (run by Accor). Quick shower, then walked up the road to Central Chidlom to lunch. We all ordered too much of course being our first meal. Th...