Well we're off the boat and Boon, our guide, is leading us to the Grand Palace and we've got our tickets to get into the palace. Yay were in and we're going to the devils and we're posing like them and were getting to the monkey/human and chicken/human statues and there about 2 feet taller than me! Now we are next to a temple that is made of gold, well not all of it is made of gold just a little bit is and we are having photos. Time to move on to the next temp...

Today we went down the river to the golden palace. On the way we went on a motor boat crossed with a very colourful waka. To get on the boat you first had to get on a very wobbly platform and then literally jump on the boat. Then we went down a very dirty river and into a smaller cannal. When we went down it we saw lots of smaller temples and shrines. At one point we stopped and fed the fish in the river using bread that we brought while we were still in the boat...

DreamWorld today, an interesting drive there through I guess what could only be slums to the place Where Your Wildest Dreams Come True. Kids loved anything that got them extremely soaked until we got caught in a real rainstorm with *very* loud thunder & lightning. Mental note: leave accommodation with an umbrella at the very least! So lovely to see the kids growing in confidence as we go through Bangkok, the area we're in (Sukhimvit) is a real mish-mash of al...

Whew we made it! Kids got to bed about 2.00 am NZ time & they did soooo well. Great whanau reunion at Singapore Airport. Thanks to Andrew & lots of running we got to our connecting flight with minutes to spare, can't say with confidence I would have achieved that on my own! We've spent the morning exploring Bangkok and that has been an eye-opener to say the least...! What a place! We are going to spend the arvo at the hotel pool as kids are still a bit ...