27th January 2014

Up early again for another full day in Bangkok. Steve had planned a kind of circular route that would land us back in the hustle and bustle around Khao San Road for the evening.  First we went by the sky Train to the Victory Monument. We knew the anti government protesters were camped out there but did not know the extent on the disruption. As it happened the monument appeared to be out of bounds for close up viewing so after an uncomfortable walk through some of the protesters, we returned to an overlooking walkway for further pics. From here we made our way through the strangely quiet Santi Phap Park to the Baiyoke Tower hotel for a skyline view of Bangkok from the 84th floor - reminders of our visit to the World Trade Centre.  Next a successful flying visit by Taxi to the massive 5 storey IT City Mall to try and get some more mini discs for my video recorder. Then it was of to Jim Thompson's house the US guy who disappeared mysteriously in 1967 after making his fortune in the Thai Silk Trade. Then we dived on a canal taxi (10 Bhat each) on the canal that runs along the back of the house heading west to the last stop. From here we hopped aboard a Tuk Tuk to Khoa San Road where we went into a couple of bars for much needed drinks and excellent Thai food before making our way back to our hotel on the River boats.