Bangkok and home

From Sukhothai to Bangkok it was a 7.5 hour bus ride, then a ride across town in a taxi.  Our hotel was a converted from a old school and about .5 miles from the Royal Palace.  We did a foodie tour with Bangkok Foodie tours the night we got in.  This one was on tuk tuk.  We had to get a taxi to the meting place first. The food was not as good as the other foodie tour we toke in Siagon.  The food we got was Thai comfort food, sort of plain, but the places were busy.  The food included rice and chicken, pad Thai,and a chicken omelet. We toured the kitchen of the omelet place which was in the alleyway behind the restraint, open air.  We stopped at Wat Pho to look at it at night, but the Sleeping Budapest was closed.  We also toured the flower market, it's the largest in Bangkok and open 24/7, the busiest at night,  Then we did a rod top bar to see the river at night, that was nice.
The next day we walked to the Royal Palace and joined the crowd, it was packed. At the Palace we had to rent cloths to cover our legs.  Alicia got a Thai wrap and pants for me.  The royal family, King and queen have their pictures posted all over Thailand, plus statues of him.  You can not creticies the king or you will end up in jail. At the river front Alicia found Durian ( also known as Stinky Fruit, and banded in hotels and buses) at a fruit stall, precut, we liked it.  It has a different texture and taste.  In Sukhothai we had Durian ice cream and like that also.  We then found a place for lunch from Trip Advisor, and it had good Thai food.  Then toured Wat Pho with the Sleeping Buda, the largest in the world.  After a short nap we headed to a night market, ended up going through the flower market again.  The night market was not that great for us as it was geared toward Thai teens.  But we had street food there that was good.  We went back to a barbaque place at the flower market also.  The next day we took a taxi to Church a crossed town, then back to the hotel for lunch, good food. Then out to the airport for home.  We left Bangkok at 5:15 pm and got to Seattle at 6:15 pm the same day then home at 11:30. It was the longest Sunday I have ever had being 38 hours long.  At least the flight from Taiwan to Seattle was 2 hours shorter than the way over.
Over all we had a great trip.

Sukhothai Thailandn

After a 6 hour bus ride we arrived in Sukhothai to nicer weather, a little warmer but no rain.  The Thai Thai hotel that we stayed in was right down from the temple grounds.  We rented bikes and toured the grounds in the morning for about 4 hours.   There is one main temple site and some other small ruins.  After a nap we just rode the bikes down a country road then had diner, followed by a massage.  I had a Thai massage and Alicia had a foot massage.  The Thai massage was great, as it is a deeper muscle massage.  I had had one also down in Phuket out next to the beach, outside.