Fairy tale of Bangkok

Fired up after our amazing experience at the cooking course we were very sad to leave Hua Hin and head back to Bangkok. This was made all the worse as Jim had to go back to work so our little group lost a member on Saturday.

Not sure how C never ended up in the group photos - guess we will have to do it all again.

To help us get over our blues at Jim being back at work and Mom and Dad’s part of the trip nearing its end we decided to have a couple of days of retail therapy. On Saturday we visited the amazing Chatuchak weekend market where we managed to finish our Christmas shopping and get me a much needed new pair of trousers. It was really nice to have C with us who found lots of small cool stalls that we might have missed.

Bangkok is really going for the Christmas decorations this year

Unlike my photography which is getting worse - boo

On Sunday we found our way to Bangkok’s air-conditioned heart, at the huge malls around Siam Square. We relaxed with a few cups of coffee and enjoyed the Christmas decorations that have been put up. Not buckling to nagging but rather realising that having long hair in the tropics is like wearing a woolly hat in the summer I decided to get a hair cut. It did not go entirely to plan as rather than getting a dashing Jake Gyllenhaal hair do, I ended up with the regulation Chinese ½ inch all over. Never mind hair grows.

Conscription haircut 300 bhat

To celebrate our last evening together in Thailand before Mom and Dad flew home we went to bar 55 on the roof of one of Bangkok’s taller hotels. We enjoyed a nice cocktail while enjoying the view and the soft jazz band.

Roof top bar - don't mind if I do

The last few weeks have been brilliant filled with some of the best experiences of the trip and amazing company, thanks so much to Mom, Dad, Jim and C for being part of our journey.