The city is as busy as we expected and we found the Thais to be typically very friendly and polite. We hired a long-tail boat for a two hour river/canal exploration – some amazing sights and sounds! Would not have wanted to swim in the water though! The temple complex at the Reclining Buddha site was well worth visiting. The King’s Palace was unfortunately closed.

Nice touch in the hotel room
Delicious Thai food
We just had to hop on a Tuk Tuk taxi.
Long-tail boat river (Chao Praya) and canal excursion.
The long-tail boat queued in a lock between the river and the canal system.
View of the lock
Four abreast in the lock.
Typical canal scene
Garlands are for safe passage
Local properties in need of some tlc!
A large lizard on the canal bank – we saw a lot of these.
A recent Buddha
Trip to the Reclining Buddha complex.
Trying to blend in..
Stretching with the locals!
The top section of the reclining Buddha.
The full length reclining Buddha.

The infamous (to back-packers) Khao San Road. Get your grilled spiders and scorpions here!
Cable management is not something that Thais seem to worry about.