'One Night In Bangkok,'
well that was what we had, up first thing in the morning and a taxi ride to the city, problem was we were so early our room was not ready so a complementary drink was offered,
we were meeting Steve and Kai there so a quick call to find out where they were, they had been seeing Kai's parents up country,
the room was nice,
"Cheers!" a bit early in the day, but welcome to Bangkok!
we stayed in the Majestic Grande, just near to Nana Plaza,
food at last, salad for Diana and myself,
followed by the main course, spaghetti for Diana and Kai, sheppard's pie for Steve and lamb shank for myself,
Steve enjoying the pie,
then to book Steve and Kai into the hotel,
we waited in the foyer whilst they booked in,
Diana relaxing,
the fresh flowers were a nice touch,
chocolate cakes were looking delicious!
we then went for a walk, this is the famous Nana Plaza, it is open in the evenings,
it is a triangular shape, with bars on all sides, this is the shrine just inside the entrance,
we were then joined by Joe for the evening,
we were going to have our evening meal courtesy of Steve and Kai on the river, this is our restaurant for the evening,
once we had booked in we were given a orchid to wear,
'Ah! sweet!'
by now it was getting dark,
we were also joined by some of Kai's friends, Doy, S and Euw who are all going to join us on our trip to the River Kwai,
we then set sail along the river,
music was provided by this lady, the instrument looks very much like a hammered dulcimer, if you want to know more about them visit Dizzi's dulcimer site here, she is a hammered dulcimer player and percussionist from Somerset, in the UK, she teaches people to play percussion and dulcimer as well as giving special performances and hands on workshops all over the U.K,
it was a sit down meal rather than a buffet, lots of staff on hand to help out,
I took a few shots of some of the buildings on the cruse up river, a bit out of foucus but I was using the zoom feature on the camera, plus my shakey hands did not help!
the Temple of the Dawn,
another shot of the Temple,
and "Cheers!" from me,
I went for the seafood,
I am not sure what this building was,
more of the main dishes arrive,
Kai, Steve and Joe,
the new bridge with a dinning cruise boat going underneath,
a number of cruise boats had different lighting effects on the side of them,
another "Cheers!" from me with the bridge in the background,
Kai and Diana strike the pose,
we have finnished the main course and have turned around for the journey back,
the dessert arrives,
and it is then time for the show,
classical Thai dancing,
Diana was enthrailed,
a neon blue cruise boat certainly looked a bit different,
and a goodbye 'Sawadee'
a mix of ancient and moderen as a criusre boat goes past the Royal Palace,
when we alighted from the boat we were offered the chance to buy this picture 200 baht including a nice frame,
Steve and Kai wanted to go by tuk-tuk but Joe, Diana and myself went by taxi back to Nana Plaza, Steve and Kai are in the tuk-tuk in front of us,
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