Today we had another all day tour which left our hotel lobby around 7:00 am. We had to once again get a quick bite to eat at the complimentary breakfast buffet.
When they picked us up this morning there were more people on the mini van and we were the last to be picked up. We were crammed on there like sardines and I was miserable. However, we only went a short distance until they took us off the van and put us on a big bus. However we were among the last to get on there and there weren't any seats together. Mary P sat at the back near the Rosga's and I sat near the middle next to a woman from Arizona. We had a nice talk along the way.
We went to several temples along the way. The first place that we went to was really big. I don't remember the name of it. They had golf carts there that you could rent for an hour to drive to the different buildings so we did that. It was well worth it. I think it cost 400 Baht (approx $14). I don't think there was any way we would have been able to walk it all in the amount of time we had and to be able to see all of it. Another of the places we went to had a Reclining Buddha. This was one of the reasons we booked the four. Unfortunately it wasn't the correct Reclining Buddha. At that stop I decided to go to the restroom and there was this lady that yelled at me and wanted me to pay (I had walked past her and ignored her) so I just went back to the bus. I didn't really need to go, I just wanted to check it out.
After this, we drove back to Bangkok and got on a boat where we were served a buffet lunch and did some scenic cruising. I really enjoyed that part. There was a young couple at our table that told us they had just gotten married. Terry asked them if they were on their honeymoon. They didn't know what he was talking about. They were from Barcelona and knew some English but not a lot so they didn't know the term "Honeymoon". Terry tried to explain it but I am not sure they ever understood. We had a lot of fun with them. Mary P told them that her son was a Fireman. They didn't understand what she was saying. I explained that he was los bomberos and they understood. Craig had taught me that when he was working.
That part of the tour was about 2 hours and after that they took us back to our hotel and it was about time for Happy Hour again. However after Happy Hour we went to the Italian Restaurant in the Hotel because we had a coupon for pizza that we wanted to use. It was just ok but it was still fun. We had a time trying to find the door into the restaurant. They had seating outside but it was still hot so we told them we wanted to eat inside. They seated us upstairs right next to the kitchen!
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