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...