Thailand - Bangkok day 3 - Temple of the Emerald Buddha

After breakfast we went in the pool. Todays pool was different in that we were in it during a very heavy rainfall!

Visited the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Grand Palace. It was a 50min taxi ride in bumper to bumper traffic which cost 1.15 baht (GBP2.30). We had to wear trousers, socks and trainers so we found it quite tough with the heat. A university had graduation that day and lots of students were in the grounds. I got someone to take a photo of me and DG, and everyone nearby was photoing us on their cameras too! Several students also requested photos next to me (as I'm the tallest I think).

After a long walk around the surrounding roads of the Palace we stumbled across Khao San Road, which is a well known tourist hub. I thought it was overated and somewhere I'd go to again unless I was after a cheap suit. One of the suit floggers commented I needed a new shirt, cheeky git! We stopped off halfway down the street for a beer to watch the world go by for an hour or so.

We got a taxi back to the big mall and had dinner there. A Hong Kong restaurant was chosen which had an excellent variety of seafood and meats. We then slowly wondered back to the hotel. I am now on the PC planning our journey on a sleeper train down south.