Sunday-
Jumping ship today instead of going with the group was one of our better moves. No need to see the world’s largest solid gold Bhudda. Instead, we went to the Bangkok weekend market—hundreds of stalls organized by what is for sale. All sorts of foods for consumption or to take home and merchandise of every sort, in addition simply to great people watching.
We took the Bangkok Sky Train to get there – clean easy to use and reasonably priced - it also gave us great views of the city and all the brightly colored taxi cabs!
We stopped at the Jim Thompson House on the way back. His home now is a museum. He was a former American OSS operative who set up in Bangkok after WWII and promoted the Thai silk business. His home is interesting, really five houses joined together on a small canal, with all kinds of art.
Adding to his mystique is the fact that while he was vacationing with some friends in the mountains in Malaysia he went for a walk in the jungle—and was never seen again.
Dinner was on the 62nd floor of a building that was open to the sky. It was quite an experience, although the food was mediocre and vastly overpriced. We paid for the view.
Off to Cambodia and Angkor Wat for two days before we fly to Chang Rai in northern Thailand on Wednesday.
Great adventures!
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