Saturday 27th March
Our opinions of this hotel are improving. Firstly when they swapped our room without demur to escape the renditions of the singer from the restaurant across the road, and secondly at breakfast where the choice was immense due to the multitude of nationalities being catered for. We met a Tanzanian gentleman in the lift. On hearing we came from England he exclaimed "I remember England, I studied at St Thomas' to become a doctor, and now I'm a member of parliament!".
Bought day tickets for the sky train at 120 baht each ( £2.40) and travelled in the comfortable, fast driverless trains to Siam Square to examine the shops, then to Mo Chit to one of the biggest markets in the world. The Bangkok Jatujak weekend market covers 28 acres with over 10,000 stalls, a lot of which we visited! Great fun.
Watched the red shirts' orderly if noisy procession down the road, then tired and with a full day bag we returned to the hotel for the obligatory swim and beer. At the swimming pool, we discovered the hotel also supported an aviary, then found even more function rooms and a fitness centre with rooftop jogging track!
We used our day passes again to go to Siam Square in the evening, and found a good Thai restaurant called Ban Khun Mae which served us an excellent meal.
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