This will probably be my last entry before going home.
Woke up early and had brekky at a street store which are all over Bangkok. $1.50 for rice and chicken with a fried egg. Also bought a big bottle of water as I was expecting a hot day. Took the advice of Dave, the American guy who I think is the owner and took a canal boat from down the road and went to the last stop. These water buses are pretty neat. Had trouble finding the right direction to the river to catch the next boat but ended up just walking to The Grand Palace. Similar to the Chinese Palaces I saw but much smaller in area. It was very interesting because Thai architecture is very different to Chinese although there were some very Chinese looking sculptures around the area. Took around 2 hours to see everything then a walk to the neighbouring Reclining Buddha and I was amazed to see how huge it was. There were also some other interesting temples within the grounds. After that it was still quite early so I decided to go walking to Chinatown and it was a lot longer than I expected but also came across a couple of markets and a lot of street stalls along one of the main roads, Silom Rd and bought some very cheap T-shirts and shorts. Also tried various food from street vendors ( Chinese thingos, chicken kebabs which were yum and pineapple which was also yum) as well as Won Ton Noodle soup in Chinatown ($1.50). At 6.15 I decided to try a proper restaurant (Windmill Restaurant) and had a nice Tom Yum Gai soup and Hor Mok Seafood which was very similar to what we get back home. Afterwards wandered around a market full of the usual clothes, pirate DVDs and CDs etc. This area also had lots of bars with Thai girls in bikinis dancing around, but honestly I only saw them from the street. Then decided to try the sky rail for the rest of the journey home to shower and rest as my feet were aching. Watched a Heavyweight World Title fight between a huge Russian guy, Nikolei Valuev (?) who is Champ against Evander Holyfield. The Russian won.
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