Our big quest for today was trying to find a Bangkok bank as it turns out we had each bought enough Baht to employ a person for a year!
We decided that the most sensible move was to first go to the Royal Palace to have a nose around. So once again we sped off in a cab and eventually arrived at the majestic Royal Palace. It was, again, a very hot and humid day in Bangkok and we had, again, decided to go out in the hottest part of the day!
On arrival to the palace we were appraoched by a lovely Thai lady who offered to guide us around the treasures that the palace had to offer for a mere 700 Baht, dubious at first we discussed it for a while. Clair, feeling lazy due to lack of sleep didn't want a guide and just wanted to amble but Mrs J and I over ruled her.
Despite our initial concerns our guide turned out to be excellent and as we strolled around the stunning Royal Palace she told us the fascinating history of the palace and Buddism.
It turns out that the yellow shirts they all seem to wear on Mondays is to do with the King. Each day has a colour and because the King was born on a Monday the Thai's wear yellow as a tribute.
The tour was both awe inspiring and very interesting. We did however have three Americans that joined us but I shan't comment on them!!
After a hard afternoon sight seeing we decided we had better find a bank and upon finding it we managed to flawlessly pay in our money to adrians bank account for safe keeping (he assures us he has no spare card!). We did get some funny looks as we paid in 56,000 Baht, they probably thought we were rich!
Worn out by the heat we headed back to our hotel (by crazy cab) where we chilled out for a few hours before being joined for dinner by Adrian.
After yet another delicious meal we headed up to our room to try and get some sleep before a very early start.
With our curtains open we stared out across the Bangkok skyline and as we eventually drifted off to sleep we silently said goodbye to the bustling melting pot of Bangkok for 10 days.
