Some photos at last!

The traffic here is lively, to say the least. I thought seeing a woman riding pillion on a moped with her baby in her arms was hairy enough, and then we were overtaken by another moped, this one with not one but two pillion passengers and a toddler crouched in the footwell! In traffic jams the mopeds seem to adhere to the old adage about keeping death off the roads by driving on the pavements.

But the vehicles themselves are mostly beautiful.

  

 At rush hour the only taxi that agreed to take us to the SkyTrain station was a tuktuk. I will never be scared of rollercoasters again after zooming through the afore-mentioned crazy traffic in a three-wheeled, open-sided vehicle driven by a man who pulled u-turns in front of busses with no apparent warning or reason!

The jewel-coloured taxis have been an experience, too. Our driver to the Grand Palace squinted at our map, and apologised for his poor sight, claiming to have a ‘long eye’. he pulled his glasses from the glove compartment and laughingly told us they were only good for ‘short eye’! We arrived in one piece though, and when we told him we were from Wales, he smiled in recognition, saying, ‘Lion King, Lion King!’ It took us a few minutes to realise he was actually referring to ‘Ryan Giggs!’

The Grand Palace, as I mentioned earlier, was incredible, decorated inside and out with gold, glittering mosaics, murals, statues and wonderful exotic plants.

   

    

I’ll post some more photos next time I’m online: I have lots and lots but the hotel internet runs with erratic efficiency and right now it’s suddenly reset itself to ‘frustratingly slow’. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these.

Love to you all xxx

PS – Click on the photos if you want to see bigger files!

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