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Farangs, Day 5 — Trish doesn't get lost
Bangkok, Thailand |
Bangkok, Thailand
Itinerary: This morning we visit the Grand Palace and the ancient temple Wat Pho, “Temple of the reclining Buddha.” After lunch, we visit the King’s Royal Barges and Wat Arun, before boarding our long-tail boats.
We travel along the Chao Phraya River and observe Thai life on the water. In this river community, restaurants, fruit sellers, laundry facilities and even temples are all accessible by boat. We will enjoy dinner tonight at a riverside restaurant.
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After visiting the Grand Palace our group then visited Wat Pho to see the reclining Buddha.
At least all of us except Trish–she went off with another group getting off their bus next to ours, and only realized her mistake when they ended up at the river instead of Wat Pho.
She made her way back to Wat Pho but stayed outside the entrance as she didn’t want to risk not finding us in the huge complex. Unfortunately it was a different entrance than the one we used. Fortunately Roger, our ElderTreks guide, went to that entrance while looking for her and found her right when we were ready to leave.
Trish said she wasn’t too worried–she would have taken the river bus or a tuk tuk back to the hotel after a couple of hours of waiting.
We next went to the Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), then on a long-tailed boat ride on the river and down side canals. The boats are very noisy.
