Tuesday, April 7th
Our visit to Bangkok was fascinating! The trip into town from our port was a couple of hours long and the traffic was wild! They've got large freeways and a good road system, but once you hit town, you enter the motorcycle/crazycar zone! I'm glad I wasn't driving! We worked our way into the center of things and went on an amazing tour of the Royal Palace. We joined up with two other couples for our visit and were lucky enough to take advantage of the guide one couple had organized. Once inside the grounds we saw an ornate, and what seemed like a never ending display of temples, murals, statues and glittering gold buildings. My eyes got tired and my brain was full! It was an incredible sight as I'm sure anyone who's seen it would agree.
We got caught in a storm on the way out of town and it was fascinating watching all the motorcyclists slip on theri colorful rain ponchos and just keep riding! Those people are crazy!
Politics here are on edge these days so we were lucky to head out of town just before the protests really got going. We missed the action in Bangkok and again in Pattaya but have been watching it on the news. I'm glad we left the countrywhen we did! Pattaya was fairly quiet on Wednesday when we were there. We saw them gearing up for the meetings/protests but didn't get into any difficulties. Blair and I actually enjoyed a relaxing foot massage before we left town.
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I have been twittering with 3 teachers who work in Bangkok. They are feeling safe but the situation is very tense. Love all your pictures and anecdotes. We had a very wet three days this weekend but today the sun returned to remind us it is indeed spring.
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