When this day officially started I have no idea as with time zone changes and flying, it can never be certain! But 2 December 2015, came and went in a jet-laggy exhausted blur and there are a few things to note.
Our transfer from one Air Sri Lanka plane to another at Colombo was fine with only 60 minutes between flights and even though we merely swapped gates we still had to go through security again and take off shoes and belts and everything and repack our day packs. Joy, oh joy!
We all tried to watch movies on this leg of our flight but we were all so dozy that I am not sure if we got the whole gist of the movies we saw and it was also a bit disruptive with passenger announcements in not only Singhalese or Tamil and English but also Chinese as the flight was continuing to China. When languages totally unfamiliar are spoken, I find myself a bit irritated as I can't even try to decipher what they are saying. If it is in French or German or some other vaguely familiar European language, I sort of enjoy my "self" challenge to follow the announcement, but in Singhalese or Tamil and Chinese, I have no hope!
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| Colombo, Sri Lanka - our plane from Rome to Colombo |
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| Colombo airport! Luke wearing all his coats he needed in Rome to save carrying them rolled up under his arm! |
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| Lounging back - semi conscious! |
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| Tim showed me that the head rests can be molded to fit your head - Go Tim! |
When we landed in Bangkok, everyone
clapped for some reason! The service was nice and the landing smooth,
so maybe that was why! It was slowish going through passport control
but all our baggage had arrived and we were on our way before long, on
the familiar Bangkok trains passing familiar stations. It was great to
be back in Bangkok and the kids were excitedly looking forward to their
favourite things!
Close
to the top of the list was Bubble Cup with large tapioca balls and
before we even switched to the Sky Train, we tucked into our first
Bubble Cups of this stay in Bangkok.
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| Bubble Cups ! |
The
air conditioned trains were very welcome as the humid heat of Bangkok's
35 C hit us as we knew it would - with a slam - after cool, sunny
Rome. In no time we were back in familiar districts and to our station,
Ekkamai. We found our accommodation with little trouble but although
we didn't have to walk more than 500 metres, I for one, found it
exhausting.
Once
inside the apartment, with cooling in full swing, we caught our breath
and guzzled cold water and rehydrated ourselves. Ah! It is a nice
apartment, smaller than our last one, but enough room and two bathrooms
and importantly a lovely swimming pool.
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| Bathroom |
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| Main bedroom with window seat bed for Luke |
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| Bunks for Tim and Annika |
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| Kitchen |
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| Loungeroom |
We
went out on a little reconnaissance to find local market and food and,
as is fairly common in Bangkok, there was a market and food stalls very
close by as well as a 7-11 Store which we have come to expect in
Thailand. There is nearly always a 7-11 Store per block if not more
frequent!
It
was fun buying the delicious Thai bananas and varieties of bok choy,
little cucumbers and sticky rice which we remember from our last visit.
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| Looking down from our balcony. |
But before dinner the kids and I headed straight for the pool which was, in one word, SENSATIONAL.
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| Our pool |
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| Luke getting wet! |
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| Resting on the water couches. |
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| Spa time! |
The
kids tumbled into their beds early and were asleep in no time, even
Luke! I thought I'd be the same but no, my body clock had other ideas.
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