I booked us on a luxurious cruise on Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, the Supanniga Sunset Dinner Cruise, more so for the cruise than for the food. On both points though we were not disappointed. We took a Grab Taxi from our hotel through about 30 minutes of evening traffic to River City Pier Two. It […]
Bangkok Temples & Phahurat Market
We planned to be in Bangkok just one day so the main highlight of the day was to visit the three most prominent temples. The oldest and largest temple in Bangkok is Wat Pho (Wat Phra Chetuphon), the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but we did not start there. We started at the Grand Palace […]
Arrival into Thailand
When booking our flights to Thailand a few months ago we decided to forgo the cheap < $500 round trip tickets on Chinese airlines that would include layovers in Chinese cities. With the current 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, I’m glad we didn’t book those tickets. Instead, we flew Qatar Airlines, though also problematic initially […]