This morning started with a 6:00 am wake up call. We had to meet in the Explorer's Lounge at 7:15 for our 2 hour bus ride into downtown Bangkok.
We were on the bus and on our way by 8:20. We arrived at our drop off spot, the Asia Hotel, by 10:30. And we were off!
We walked to the enormous Siam Shopping Center. After Debbie verified that there were no deals to be found, which entailed walking at least a mile, we left and flagged down a Tut Tut. We then Tut Tut'd ourselves all over the city!
Check out our Tuk Tuk video. We felt like we were on the Amazing Race!
Bangkok is huge and very diverse. We did some shopping for our family and had a really good lunch. By 1 pm, we finally made it to the Grand Palace. By this time our energy level had Tut Tutted away! The high humidity really sap's it away.
I was wearing shorts and would have to buy "tourist" pants to wear over my shorts, to enter the Palace. They were available at the many souvenir vendors that line the streets outside the Palace, only 100 bahts ($3 USD).
We were so sweaty and beat that we decided that seeing the outside of the Palace was ok with us. We have seen several YouTube videos of the Palace prior to this trip.
We then Tuk Tuked back to our pickup location, the same Asia Hotel, and waited for our bus.
Here are some random photos from around the city.
All in all, we had a very pleasurable day!
