We had the pleasure of hosting my brother Donald and his wife Diane from the 2nd to the 9th. We did a lot in those few shorts days. We picked them up at the airport on Wednesday the 2nd at night, then drove to
Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand, the next day. We visited two different Temples and a Museum; it was quite interesting.
On Friday, we drove to Hua Hin, a city by the beach on the west side of the Gulf of Thailand. We chilled by the pool and had a very nice meal on Friday, and walked on the beach and visited the night market on Saturday. The markets, whether they are regular day or night markets, are always quite interesting to see, especially if it's your first time! It is so crowded, and there is so much to see (and buy?); it is quite an experience!
We headed back home on Sunday, then visited RIS when we got back.
On Monday, we drove downtown to go visit the Royal Palace, with the
Emerald Buddha, and
Wat Pho, which hosts the reclining Buddha. We then moved on to visit the
Jim Thomson House, and then made our way to the Red Sky Bar, a roof top bar, to see the sunset, or almost! We had a beautilful view of the city as the sky was very clear.
Tuesday was the start of another adventure. We wanted to go cycling in a park that is located close to downtown, but on the other side of the river - you need a ferry to get there. After battling traffic for a few hours, and only getting "close" to our destination, we decided to call it quits! We therefore just went for lunch in that area, and came back home - gone for 6 hours and only had lunch! But it was a good lunch!!
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| At Wat Pho Temple |
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| Had never seen those kind of flowers in a tree before. |
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| Sunset on Hua Hin |
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| Making Rotee (Jacqui's new favourite food) at the night market in Hua Hin |
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| Wat Khao Noi |
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| Diane and Donald |
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| At the Grand Palace |
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| The reclyning Buddha |
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| Parts of Bangkok, seen from downtown, at sundown. Notice how the left hand side of the picture is in the shade whereas the right hand side is still in the sun! |
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| Great way to recycle those old metal pipes! |
