We had an hour's flight into the old Don Muang airport, north of Bangkok, which is now mainly a domestic terminal, followed by 50km on the shuttle bus to Suvarnabhumi airport to the east of the city from which we fly home tomorrow. The transfer gave us an opportunity to appreciate how huge Bangkok is. The number of high rise buildings increases towards the centre, with immense billboards taking advantage of any spare space. Dual carriageway roads, often built up on concrete stilts, snake between the buildings with huge junctions that put spaghetti junction to shame! Despite all this, I still spotted several grazing goats and a couple of residential areas by canals with old style wooden houses.
We are staying just by the airport in the Panini Residence in Lat Krabang, chosen as we hoped we would still feel in Thailand for our last night rather than an international hotel that could be anywhere. We stretched our legs by checking what was around and took some snaps .... we're only 5kms from the airport so it isn't all pretty, but the sun still sets here and we found a restaurant overlooking a lake for dinner!
We returned and ate tamarind curry while listening to the singer and watching a tv cooking programme playing on a loop featuring the restaurant ... only in Thailand!
We've really enjoyed our trip to Thailand and feel sure we will return to explore further. Everyone has been so friendly and the Thai smile has certainly been brightening our days here.
Thanks for coming along with us and goodbye till next time ...
So that'll be kob khan ka and sawasdee ka!
Last Night in Bangkok
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Bangkok, Thailand
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