After a 12 hours night rest (yes, even August slept around the clock) we managed to squeeze ourselves on one of the ferries heading to the centre of town. Sundays in Bangkok, seems like absolutely everybody needs to get in town. And it is hot, I mean HOT over here (enjoy the snow in Belgium)

a walk in Bangkok makes a hard man humble - not much between despair and fantasy.

A walk in Bangkok is a dazzling sequence of people, noise, smells. Though we managed to make our way to the national museum, with some beautiful fine pearl inlays and a impressive collection of wood carved sculptures. Apart of the fans, a big fake elephant dressed up for battle was the attraction for August. Unfortunately photographs were not allowed.

The big attraction for the Thai is the temporary exhibition about princess SRI NAGARINDRA, the 84 years old sister of the king, who recently passed away which brings here in the middle of a real cults. The Thai adore their royal family, e.g. the king's birthday Dec 5^th is a big celebration. Luckily we are gone by then;

In the afternoon we made it to Chinatown - the stroll through the city earlier this morning seemed a quite walk compared to the Chinese attack to our senses. Everything, literally anything you can buy here. Food (our things with a certain nutritional value able to be digested by a human body), the usual range of fake mark clothes and handbags, Christmas stuff, and a nice range of toot prostheses in all kinds and shapes. I keep wondering how they are collected. Maybe my sister (probably the best dentist in the world) might have some ideas. Little note for the C-family: Steven did not buy a watch in Chinatown, I could talk it out of his head.

In the evening we found a nice place at the river side for dinner. Again August made some foreign friends. The food in general is cheap and good, though not so spicy as I hoped for.