{"id":320,"date":"2014-07-14T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/07\/holidaying-in-bangkok-are-we-mad.html\/"},"modified":"2014-07-14T06:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T06:42:00","slug":"holidaying-in-bangkok-are-we-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/07\/14\/holidaying-in-bangkok-are-we-mad\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidaying in Bangkok &#8211; Are we mad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">People look at you a bit weird&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">when you tell them you&#8217;re off to Bangkok at the moment&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">You know the sort of look that says:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&#8220;well you clearly love adventure holidays!&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6JyZEqBgsqg\/U8NIBjGIPUI\/AAAAAAAADl4\/6VdyvJmr4wI\/s1600\/Bangkok22.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6JyZEqBgsqg\/U8NIBjGIPUI\/AAAAAAAADl4\/6VdyvJmr4wI\/s1600\/Bangkok22.jpg?resize=572%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"572\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuk Tuks &#8211; still the best fun way to travel!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It was fine!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I can report Bangkok is steamy hot, stormy and&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">extremely quiet.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">On account of most tourists heeding many governments&#8217;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">advice to&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/littlewanderingwren.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/07\/beautiful-bangkok.html\" style=\"font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;\">exercise a high degree of caution<\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">!<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Indeed most local people we meet are unperturbed<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">by as they call it &#8216;<i>just another coup<\/i>&#8216;.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">It is, they explain, just the way Thailand sorts things out&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">when neither party are strong enough to take control&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">political democratic way&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Yes life in Thailand is very different to my<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">all mod cons lifestyle in Australia<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">and that is why I love to visit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-gTgzgK3qzhk\/U8NV5CnaRqI\/AAAAAAAADmI\/jM1omQv727A\/s1600\/Bangkok25.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-gTgzgK3qzhk\/U8NV5CnaRqI\/AAAAAAAADmI\/jM1omQv727A\/s1600\/Bangkok25.jpg?resize=640%2C422\" height=\"422\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Living on the water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">That and the Thai people&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">who we love!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">They have to be one of the loveliest, smiliest nations&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">We had some lovely conversations especially over some of the lovely&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Western names <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">the waiters and waitresses had selected.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">One gorgeous waitress was called Cake.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;Ohh, that is my sort of name,<\/i><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><i>Why did you choose Cake?&#8217;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;Her friends called her pancake&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">because of her round face she told us.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Yep, that would work for me too!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Up at the crack of dawn for our bicycle tour&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">I asked my DH if he&#8217;d ordered the coffee?&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&#8216;Yes, Night is coming&#8217; he replied with a straight face&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Or <i>&#8216;where&#8217;s the taxi?&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;Moss is stuck in traffic<\/i>!&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GCQjfalzShE\/U8N4ZIwahZI\/AAAAAAAADm8\/jITdHufnQz4\/s1600\/Bangkok27.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GCQjfalzShE\/U8N4ZIwahZI\/AAAAAAAADm8\/jITdHufnQz4\/s1600\/Bangkok27.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The loveliest people&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Now we have been lucky enough to have been frequent visitors to Bangkok<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">so we didn&#8217;t feel the need to rush out and visit every temple&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">or go to the Grand Palace again.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Although I didn&#8217;t stop us from asking silly questions of the guide:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&#8216;what do you call that temple?!&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">All temples are called Wat,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">although I know you already knew that&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">We chuckled for hours about that one!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3xoWM8J1270\/U8NXqtyhMqI\/AAAAAAAADmc\/A74RU9HPMes\/s1600\/Bangkok26.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3xoWM8J1270\/U8NXqtyhMqI\/AAAAAAAADmc\/A74RU9HPMes\/s1600\/Bangkok26.jpg?resize=484%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Wat&#8217;s that called?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Instead we chose to do the Amazing Bangkok Cycle<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">one of my favourite Bangkok tours, which Tim had never done.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">We cycled through the backstreets of Bangkok,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">through some market areas and poor housing districts<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">before loading the bikes on a Sampan and crossing to the other side<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">of the Chao Phraya river and exploring the park lands.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xd0UmviFqC8\/U8NW2_JsfyI\/AAAAAAAADmU\/DbUtUYjcJLE\/s1600\/Bangkok23.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xd0UmviFqC8\/U8NW2_JsfyI\/AAAAAAAADmU\/DbUtUYjcJLE\/s1600\/Bangkok23.jpg?resize=564%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"564\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Crossing the River with ABC tours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Later that evening we relax with cocktails before dinner&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">at Saffron at the Banyan Tree<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-iIP3_PKYsIs\/U8N6-LgUGnI\/AAAAAAAADnI\/1lo0H_zpyDM\/s1600\/Bangkok28.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-iIP3_PKYsIs\/U8N6-LgUGnI\/AAAAAAAADnI\/1lo0H_zpyDM\/s1600\/Bangkok28.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Loved the bars and restaurants at the Banyan Tree, Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Oh yes, this is the life<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">We are happy to be on holiday in Bangkok!<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-SpA1IN36XV4\/U8NXzNNIEFI\/AAAAAAAADmk\/SkfuUiuCieE\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; 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