It is lovely and quiet in this apartment despite being in a big city like Bangkok. Once we get home, there'll be no more slow mornings for the forseeable future, but for now, it is nice to have a cup of tea in bed and not hurry to get up.
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| Quite some bike! |
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| Not sure, but we wondered if this was a police booth. |
Tim,
Annika and I had been eager to have a Thai Massage and had spotted
several places on the Sukhamvit Road which were charging 200 Baht for an
hour so we wandered into the first open one! We were ushered upstairs
to low couches and given loose pyjamas to change into.
Side
by side, with a masseuse each, we were pummeled perfectly and sometimes
painfully and we came away feeling well worked out and flexed and
relaxed! Such a great thing to do in Thailand! As neither Tim nor
Annika drink tea, I drank all three cups provided and we walked home via
some cooking carts where I bought soup and noodle something or others
which were delicious and perfect for lunch. Take away containers are
generally plastic bags tied with rubber bands which are surprisingly
leak proof!
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| All set to go for our massages in the provided massage pyjamas. |
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| Bumping along in the bus, windows open, catching the breeze! |
We
had to make a relatively quick get away so we could be on time for the
Snake Show at Bangkok Snake Farm. We jumped on the correct bus, number
46, (an old rattly open air bus as opposed to to the air conditioned
more expensive variety) and enjoyed thundering along the bumpy roads
with the open windows.
It
was just per chance that as it was a public holiday for the King's
birthday and Fathers' Day as well, it was free entrance to the Snake
Farm today! After wandering through the serpentarium, we took our seats
in the small arena to watch the show.
The
snakes were amazing and terrifying and the snake handlers were experts
at not getting bitten! We remembered the presenter from last time and
he was equally good and entertaining. We had seats right at the front
so we could see each snake's beady little eyes. Shivers down my spine!
At
the end of the show we all held the Albino Burmese Python for a family
photo. We had a quick look through the indoor display and saw the array
of snake skeletons and poison information.
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| Snake Farm |
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| They were just staring at me....eeeek. |
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| King cobra |
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| Siamese cobra |
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| We were very close to the action. |
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| Family photo! |
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| Looking pretty warm at the bus stop. |
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| Luke buying his coconut! |
Back to the wet market by bus where we bought mangoes, jack fruit,
watermelon, bananas and a fresh coconut each to drink. Tim had walked
home at this stage and Karl also set off on foot to go via Tesco to see
what vitamins they stock. Annika, Luke and I waited for ages for a bus
and then hopped off too early again so we had quite a walk! Their eyes
lit up when they saw a pancake seller just close to home so that eased
the pain of such a long walk!
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| Coconuts at the wet market. |
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| Probably the most refreshing drink for the tropics. |
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| These stairs were on quite an angle and were rather wobbly, not sure exactly how well they'll hold up long term! |
After dinner, our hosts, Jayne and Mat and their children Manta and
Minke called into see us. Luke and the kids were instant friends and so
we adults could happily talk. It was a really lovely evening. Luke so
wants to see the kids again. He has really missed children of his age
recently so it was good to have friends and to know we are going home to
friends.
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| Luke with Manta and Minke, our Aairbnb hosts' children. |
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