One of the things we look forward to the most is a food tour wherever we visit – especially ones that take us to local eateries rather than tourist destinations. We end up going to places where you would never otherwise frequent. We had a similar tour booked for tonight, which also included getting around the city in a tuk-tuk. Not only was it a … Continue reading Food Tour in a Tuk Tuk
We started the day with a visit to the Golden Buddha temple. It is the largest Golden Buddha in the world measuring over 15ft high and weighing over 5 tons. History had it that it was covered in plaster to protect it from the invading Chinese. Its value and worth was forgotten and it was left in the fields for decades till after the temple … Continue reading Day 4 – Pansies, Palaces and Prayers
Our guide met us at our hotel bright and early at 9 this morning. Our itinerary for today is to visit the train markets followed by the floating markets. I hadn’t realised that the Maeklong train markets were over an hour away from where we are staying. Fortunately we were in a private Toyota van which was all decked out for a party. The kids … Continue reading Day 3 – Trains, Boats and Elephant Rides
Originally I was going to add our dinner excursion as part of the overall post for Day 2, however given the experience we had it deserved a post in its own right. I had planned for us to visit a restaurant called “Mocking Tales” which is themed on Harry Potter and has strong wizarding world vibes. As Uber isn’t prevalent in Thailand I downloaded the … Continue reading Dinner, Show and Drama
We all seemed to have slept quite well and no one got up too early in the morning. Hopefully keeping everyone awake till a normal bedtime last night helped us acclimatize to the change in time zones. We headed down to breakfast and were suitably impressed by the expansive buffet. I couldn’t go past a Masala Dosa followed by dumplings, while the kids tried a … Continue reading Day 2 – The Ancient City
We left home yesterday after school and drove up to Sydney for the bought as we had an earlier departure today. Coincidentally Ben had the night off work and so he came down from Newcastle to join us for dinner. We visited our regular Japanese restaurant which has become a bit of a staple before it trips. It was a rushed morning and we were … Continue reading Day 1 – Getting to Bangkok
Later this month we embark on our 4 week trip to Europe where we will be visiting 6 countries. The following is our full itinerary trying to cover all the major attractions in each of the cities. Continue reading Europe – Here we come
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