D woke early & spent a quiet hour sorting out the past week's photos for the journal. Once rest of family awake, mostly packed, then to moon Restaurant for breakfast. Spent final hour on roof terrace - kids played, D wrote journal. Then finished packing, and left at 12 noon - 300B taxi to airport. Checked in, wandered around shops, ate very expensive airport food! Priority boarding again - kids over the moon to have a TV each, again! Delay prior to take...

6am start to get packed, and to station for 7.19 train. Got to station to be told it was going to be 20 mins late. Ate train station platform food for breakfast! Eventually left just after 8am for uneventful journey back to Bangkok. Attempted to get tuk-tuk, taxi and walk to the Royal Barges Museum, but was defeated by incomprehension of locals as to meaning of "barges", the heat, and eventually by the tuk-tuk driver who took us to completely the wrong plac...

Up early and into town for breakfast. Then to War Graves cemetery - everything here is a bit more touristy / commercial than we've been used to - bus loads of package tourists! Over 6000 Allied soldiers' graves - another poignant reminder of man's capacity for inhumanity! Then looked around the Death Railway Museum - very informative displays, and lots of personal mementos from the POW's. Rushed to get to the railway station on time, to buy tickets to Nam T...

J feeling better - managed to eat some breakfast (from 7-11 again!). Decided that he was well enough to travel, so planned a 2 day trip to Ayuthaya. Packed day bags, and checked out of Lee's, leaving our main bags in storage there. Walked through Lumphini Park to the Metro station, where a local chap started to chat to us, and advised us that the area was badly flooded, and suggested Kanchanaburi, instead. Took a tuk-tuk (at his insistence) to the tourist i...

J still not feeling well. Has a temperature, is lethargic and complaining of everything-ache! Went out for breakfast, only to discover that all the restaurants are closed, so shopped at the 7-11 for raisin bread, croissants and random filled rolls. Ate on the roof terrace, but once back in room, J vomited - so decided that he should have a do nothing day! J slept, L read. D & M went to explore Bangkok - walked through park, saw statue of King, crossed...