We flew from Sukhothai to Bangkok, scruffy Sukothai having in the end what just might be the most charming little airport in the world - right down to the free coffee and snacks in the one open-air departure lounge. It was very good to have a one hour flight down to Bangkok rather than an 8 hour bus trip through (albeit lovely) Thai countryside. And I think Traci was somewhat relieved to finally be going somewhere she was familiar with!
Our final few days in Bangkok were a steady round of temples (Wat Arun, Wat Po), final cheap Thai food and beer, some aimless wandering, and of course - shopping. We came away with one Very Large Bag Traci could have fit into but that was only 3/4 full and included duty free treasures as well (the main one being an 18 year old Glenmorangie). We also managed to figure out the Bangkok skytrain which is easy enough if you don't have to change lines (different companies run different lines to no smooth exchanges it seems). Makes it easy to get from Khaosan Road area to the downtown area, first by riverboat, then the train.
We could certainly see evidence of the floods in Bangkok, mainly sand bags along the river and detritus being swept up. If any of you know Banglumpoo and the fort the water seems to have come level with the upper grassy area but doesn't seem to have spilled over into the channel immediately around the fort itself. Our weather was better in BKK this time around as the monsoon storms are now staying to the south. Still raining much down there it seems so the islands' beach tourism must be suffering (people kept asking if we'd been south and what the weather was like, apparently we seemed travel-worn).
Wandering around the city I was certainly torn between on the one hand feeling glad the trip went well and to be going home to familiarity, and on the other knowing the holiday was over and there was still so much we could see and do! I can hardly grumble though can I? Or can I ... ?!
Oh ya, damn cold here.
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