Nearby was a massive shopping mall Siam City so I went in to kill time before my flight and get out of the midday heat. It was a usual shopping mall with attractions built in. There was madame taussads, a skating rink, aquarium, and discovery centre. I went upto madame taussads but ticket was 800B ($26) so quite steep. I got a slush ice drink for 39B ($1.30) as I'd been craving one but hadnt seen them anywhere. Then with nothing else to do decided to head to the ...

The past two days had taken its toll and I had large foot blisters from all the walking. I decided to lie in for a bit as I didnt have to check out till noon. My flight today to Siem Reap Cambodia was at 7.20pm so I can take a slow day as I dont need to be at the airport till about 5pm and have covered most of the sights in the city. The hostel lets you leave luggage for 20B (.60 cents) and I was going to do that originally. Then I figured out a route where I cou...

I was tired so asked a tuk tuk driver how much to goto the Vimanmek Palace. My ticket from the Grand Palace lets me into the other palaces as well. I expected him to quote me a ridiculous price as we were in the main tourist area but he said 20B (.65 cents). Because today was chinese new year he said he gets free gas but first I have to goto a thai export showroom. I said I didnt want to buy anything so he said to just wait 10 minutes then come out. He also said ...

This morning I decided to try to ride up the river to the Grand Palace rather than navigate the maze of streets thru chinatown again, which was rather tiring. Finding the ferry pier was a whole other matter. I tried following my map to pier N4 which was the closest one. Where the river bank was supposed to be was just houses leading me further south away. I asked some tourists who told me to carry on to the cathedral then turn right. I found it and this time it h...

As Wat Po was by the river I thought I could goto the river and take a ferry further upstream to the royal palace and barge museum. As this was my first time on the ferry I didnt realize there were different types of ferries. The fare was 3B (10 cents) but this just crossed the river to the other side rather than going up river. On this side of the river was Wat Arun another large stupa. Entrance was 50B ($1.75) but I decided not to as there were going to be so m...