Friday 15th January Almost time to leave our hotel and we noticed that over the road they have washing machines. So we put a wash on - 20 baht which is 0.40 pence for a 57 minute wash!!! I remembered to pack my no peg clothes line too which has come in very handy. We had to wait around a bit this morning as we've managed to loose the camera again! So we had to get reception to ring the tour operator to see if it had been found. They were going to check and...

Wesnesday 13th January Good job our alarm went off as didn't get call from hotel and although we were all ready to go for 6.15am the taxi didnt arrive until 6.45. Got to the starting point just 15 mins or so down the road but it seemed like chaos. Finally left in the minibus at 8.15. We were wondering if we'd done the right thing! As it turns out we needn't have worried. Our first port of call was the Damnern saduak floating market. It's truly a colourful e...

Tuesday 13th Jan Slept in for breakfast this morning! !! Don't know what we'll be like tomorrow when we have to be up at 5.45!! Think it was the hottest day today. Got the boat to the posh part of the area and visited Duncans hotel, the Shangrila. Got off early so we could have a walk around the area. Saw more temples (yes there are even more temples)and a crematorium, and intended to do the canal cruise but it was late when we got there and we're doing a lon...

Sunday 11th Jan Today we visited Vimanmek Mansion Museum and Dust Palace - the largest teak house in the world. It was fabulous. Shoes off and on each time you enter another building. Bags had to be locked in lockers and in some of the exhibition rooms, you were frisked before you went in! No photos anywhere inside. Which was a real shame as the exhibits were beautiful. Exquisite gold and silver works, encrusted with diamonds and enamels. The needlework/embroid...

Wednesday day 1 Let the holiday begin. Every thing went very smoothly without delay but a bit tired when we arrived at the hotel as we'd been travelling for 23 hours. Managed a nap on the plane though. Hotel is very nice + room overlooks the pool (which h is quite chilly). Our arrival wasn't without a kerfuffle (as Mike &Gill would call it). Long wait getting through imigration and I took my glasses off for the photo. Thank goodness I took a photo of the hu...