VIMANMEK TEAK HOUSEHave had lots of difficulties getting this blog up and running with the photos. Some cafes do not allow us to put photos to the blogs but at last we have got it sussed so will try to post more regularly.
These postings will be out of date order so bear with us!
After leaving the Indra Hotel where we stayed for the first two days here we moved to the budget hotel A-One near the incredible shopping Complexes of Siam Centre, MBK and Paragon. On the 3rd floor of Paragon you can buy a Lambourgini- it's so flash there. We have nothing like it in NZ.
The shopping centres have enormous whole floors of all the same stuff- cellphones, clothes, food shops etc. No wonder people like to shop here! We can't- don't have enough space and don't want to carry all that stuff in our small back packs. We are just carrying around 13 kilos each!
Have managed to work out the simple skytrain networks and get where we want to go with those often grabbing a Danish pastry on the way through the stations.
Have also enjoyed the local buses with one fare system no matter how far you go. The locals are entertained by having 'Farangs' - foreigners on the bus. Tried the air-conditioned buses but found they pulled the curtains and we couldn't see where we were going!
It took a while to work out how the boats on the Chao Praya river worked but once we got it we had fun going up and down the smelly dirty river to all sorts of places. Again it was a set price no matter how far you went.
Visited the famous Wat Pho, the Reclining Buddha and the Emerald Buddha as well as the area
all around them.
The largest teak mansion- Vimanmek and the Grand palace were wonderful too while Jim Thompson's house was a treat. He revived the silk industry in Thailand and went missing in the 70s.
