Backpacker district

After a leisurely breakfast and then a swim and a sit around the pool, we got a taxi to Banglamphoo, which has cheap accommodation and shops so it is a favourite of students and back packers. After battling the traffic we finally got there and had a lunch for about $4 each – I had Pad Thai and a soft drink. We then wandered around the street markets for an hour or so. I bought a Thai-English dictionary, so CDs and a T-shirt with the Thai alphabet on it. I wonder how long I’ll persist with my study of the language once I get home?

We again took a water taxi back, to the Sheraton this time and then a taxi from there. Much quicker. We had a juice each at Jim Thompson’s the upmarket silk shop, which cost about the same as lunch. Mind you, the ambience was a bit better with lovely teak panneling in their cafe.