Today I got up early and arrived at the Royal Palace before 8.30. A vast glittering complex of palace and temples. Influences from China, India, Cambodia and Laos, all made into something distinctly Thai. I have forgotten so much and it was all so complex I barely understood what I was looking at.
Later exhausted by all the grandeur I ate lunch at the roadside; a Tom
Yum with rubbery bits, but delicious nevertheless.
Forgot to take iPod for pictures. Will add later.
Had hoped to use my mobile phone for texts but it is proving impossible and there is no help email to be found.