Slow start today Met Josh in apartment lobby at 10am then ferry across the river and Skytrain to ChatuChak Weekend Markets - one of the biggest in Asia. Wandered around for an hour and what a miracle we and Josh separately made it back to our meeting point at the subway station The market had sections and stalls for everything imaginable but we just browsed. Josh increased his stock of tshirts by 3. We caught the subway for the first time and got off at the c...

Yes we did make it (Josh included) for the 3am departure to Hellfire Pass Walked down into the pass all lit with bamboo kero lanterns and along the pass to the clearing where the dawn service is held at 5.30am Magical and serene setting surrounded by bamboo tropical forest The early start got us excellent seats so the 2 hour wait worth it Service a very moving and special occasion with maybe 1500 people 2 original pow's from the pass were present (ages 92 an...

7am pick up by Bangkok Day Tours (Sally and Jo) for Anzac Day Tour starting with drive to Kanchanaburi War Cemetry 2.5 hours west of Bangkok to see the many Australian and allied soldiers graves from the construction of the Death Railway from Thailand to Burma. Very moving and well maintained with prep under way for Anzac Day dawn service Then onto walk across the Bridge over the River Kwai and catch the train on a small restored part of the original rail track ...

10am meeting in lobby with Josh then walk to public shuttle boat across the river Sky rail day pass to explore the city by rail First stop to walk to Rocket Coffee Bar for "normal" breakfast and great coffee then back on train 1 stop to go to Apple store and get adapter cable for iPad to camera Back on train to end of line then changed lines and explored the other line but got a bit sick of it so train back to Central Pier Plan was to have early dinner at Pra...

Up early amazing views of city waking up (though I am not sure it ever sleeps) Meeting Josh in lobby at 9am to plan the day (he said he was doing boot camp in the gym at 6am but I expect that just means he was going down there to put his shoes on!) Breakfast a bit of a challenge reading labels for low fat and low sugar and most of the restaurants and cafes serve Asian style brekkie which is not our preference Virginia on the bed at present googling breakfast p...