My parents arrived on Tuesday, 6 hours late and so we spent most of the day at the airport waiting for them. We went round the temples (Grand Palace, reclining Buddha, standing Buddha, etc) on Wed. It was the Buddhist new year on Wed and there was a big festival going on, we were given a good luck boat to float down the river.

On Thurs we went to the River Kwai to see the bridge and the allied cemetary and museum. The hotel we are staying in had a party on and we got a free meal and drinks and we got to ride around Bangkok in a classic Daimler car. Everyone was looking at us thinking we were someone important which was funny. It felt like we were doing a bit of "Burns" backpacking staying in nice hotels and getting driven around in expensive cars.

You might notice I have quite a big cut on my head. I whacked it on the towel rail in the bathroom the other day after the maintenance guy had spent 1 1/2 hours in our room fixing the shower. He left water all over the floor and I slipped and cracked my head. I had a bit of a rant at the people behind reception and now the porter doesn't open the door for us anymore! It doesn't matter because we are getting the bus down to Ko Samui tonight for a few days on the beach.