From there I took the Sky train to the Jim Thompson Museum. He was an ex CIA agent who re-established the silk industry in Thailand. He created a house for himself by combining a number of traditional Teak houses he bought from the country. He also collected various statues, paintings and furniture to fill them and created lovely gardens to surround them.
From there I took the Sky train and then a bus, to Dusit Park. This park includes, several throne rooms and the Golden Teak Palace – the largest Teak building in the world. It is 3 storeys and has 72 rooms and is still used by the royal family for receptions, although they no longer live there.
Also next to the palace are other teak houses built originally for commoner guests.
The Royal carriage museum is also in this park displaying hand, horse and motor vehicles used by the royal family over the years.
I headed from there to the Sheraton via another bus, then the water taxi. We had planned to meet there for cocktails but when the others didn’t show, I took a tuk-tuk back to the Dusit and found them in the Club. They thought they were too late to meet up and were worried we’d pass each other. Tonight we went to the Mango Tree and had the best Thai meal for the trip, for B560. This is where we were heading the other night when we got sidetracked to the Fish place that was so disappointing. That was a big mistake.
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