Nothing to do today.
Mother-in-law left Saturday morning. We took her to the airport hotel on Friday night, so that she can get over the road by van whenever she is ready, for her morning flight.
Back to our hotel, and I went to the dentist for the final time. Covered elsewhere.
Then we went to dinner at what is fast becoming our favourite Thai restaurant. In the Central World Mall, nice and handy to our hotel.
Something we did discover...
The other day we walked to Siam Paragon. Only one block away, but a bit of a challenge with the heat, the people, the traffic, and with Sarah's mum wanting to stop and rest every 17 paces.
Now our hotel and the convention centre are off one of the major roads of central Bangkok. It seems to be called Rama I. Its a major road, perhaps 3 lanes either side of a median island. The odd thing you will notice in the picture is that there is only one lane going one way, while there are maybe 5 lanes going the other. Many cities have this. The number of lanes in use is dependent on the flow direction. Doesn't stop the traffic jams, though.
Now, you will see down the middle of this road, and straddling it, is a concrete structure. It holds a monorail system. Hanging under the monorail is a walkway, called the skywalk. We can walk from our mall, out to the skywalk, and down to Siam Paragon, without battling the traffic.
In fact, you can walk past Paragon and down to MBK, another huge mall. You can also walk back down the other way to the Central Mall. We have been to all 4 malls this week, but most by taxi. Now that mother-in-law has gone home, we can do more walking.
Mother-in-law left Saturday morning. We took her to the airport hotel on Friday night, so that she can get over the road by van whenever she is ready, for her morning flight.
Back to our hotel, and I went to the dentist for the final time. Covered elsewhere.
Then we went to dinner at what is fast becoming our favourite Thai restaurant. In the Central World Mall, nice and handy to our hotel.
Something we did discover...
The other day we walked to Siam Paragon. Only one block away, but a bit of a challenge with the heat, the people, the traffic, and with Sarah's mum wanting to stop and rest every 17 paces.
Now, you will see down the middle of this road, and straddling it, is a concrete structure. It holds a monorail system. Hanging under the monorail is a walkway, called the skywalk. We can walk from our mall, out to the skywalk, and down to Siam Paragon, without battling the traffic.
In fact, you can walk past Paragon and down to MBK, another huge mall. You can also walk back down the other way to the Central Mall. We have been to all 4 malls this week, but most by taxi. Now that mother-in-law has gone home, we can do more walking.
Actually, Siam Paragon is quite flash. These places are so large that you need a couple of visits to take it all in. On one visit, we found a Rolls Royce agency! With one on the floor in case you feel like checking out the upholstery. But the one that really took my fancy? The Lamborgina agent. They had one of those Matt black ones on the floor. Mmmmm Lamborgina... mmmmm. This really is automotive viagra.
Getting adventurous, we think about taking the monorail to the airport tomorrow. Take the train from the closest station, connect to the airport line two stops away, and we are there. Simple.
We take the train to that connecting station, just so that we know where to go tomorrow, and then come back again. Because we can.
We take the train to that connecting station, just so that we know where to go tomorrow, and then come back again. Because we can.
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