I said goodbye to Beijing yesterday afternoon and hello to Bangkok last night. Fil was waiting for me at the airport – which was great as I arrived quite late – and we took a taxi to his place. Spent the first evening catching up on his roof terrace with beer and wine.
Today we started off with breakfast and coffee at the local Starbucks (yep – and it was rather nice to have a proper latte again since leaving San Francisco). We then embarked on a bit of sightseeing together: took the boat on the river to the Royal Palace and the 30meter long gilded reclining Buddha. Had some lunch and took the riverbus back.
Tonight we’re going out with friends of Fil’s.
The weather is rather different than in Beijing: here it is hot and humid – and I’m told this is the cool season. There seems to be a constant threat of rain but we only had a bit of that.
