Getting ready to leave

The gate to the China Town

It was our last full day of travelling for this summer, and we knew that the way back home would be a long one so we rested at the hotel as long as we could. At around noon we left the room and walked to the China Town of Bangkok which was right next to the guest house.

We wanted to exchange a bit of money to be sure that we'd have enough to get to the airport at night, but no bank wanted to exchange a 50-dollar bill, give a 20-dollar bill back and bahts for the rest. I can't understand how difficult it can be! After searching for quite some time we finally found an exchange booth where they did what we wanted.

There is a lot of electronics for sale in China Town, and Inna needed some so we decided to spend a few hours to find what she wanted. We found an mp3 player for Inna's brother and a USB stick for Inna. We had huge problems with the mp3 player, and at first we thought that it didn't work at all, but at the hotel we were able to bring it back to life somehow. We weren't so lucky with the USB stick though. It worked for a while but totally died after the good start. The only good thing was that we didn't spend that much money on them.

The idyllic neighborhood near the guest house

It was already getting late and we had to leave the guest house for the very last time. We said good byes to the friendly staff and started walking to the nearest sky train station. We still had a bit of money left so we bought a lot of exotic fruits for our families. Unfortunately it's not allowed to bring durian to planes! The 40-minute trip from the center to the Suvarnabhumi airport cost 44 bahts. I wish it was that cheap in every other city too!

The airport is pretty huge, and we found a 7-11 on the bottom floor. It wasn't quite as cheap as the normal ones, but still way cheaper than anything else at the airport. We bought a few burgers and lemonades and started waiting for our early morning flight to leave.

Wat Traimit

Brain Freeze - our favourite drink in hot weather!

A campsite under a bridge in Bangkok

The new rail link to the airport was already working, but the stations were still very empty.

Monks had seats reserved for them at the airport.

Inna grew a huge nose!