The King

We took a stroll around the nearby market this morning looking for a bite to eat. We found a cute little stall with some amazing Thai curry. We sat and waited at our table for the owner to prepare the food. Suddenly, a voice came over the speakers. We have no idea what was said but about 50 bankers from AxA lined up along the market stalls. The music started and the AxA staff danced. It was a very surreal moment. When the music had finished it appeared that the AxA staff were signing people up for possibly a new credit card. We are not entirely sure but the dancing was fun!

We walked around the market looking at the unusual things for sale before heading off towards the river. We stopped at King Naresuan monument and museum. This king is famous in Thailand as a fierce warrior. There was lots of information about the King, his battles and the area. There were the ruins of the old palace to look around and a statue of the king in shrine. The whole place was lovely and we were pretty much the only people there. However, we may have left a little too early ...

We were going to cross the road and walk along the river but the police had closed the road. As we approached a policeman took us over to a restaurant and asked us to sit. We sat and waited watching the traffic flowing only one way. We assumed there may have been an accident but there were a lot of military police and very smartly dressed officers.  We decided to try and ask what was happening. A friendly lady told us in her best English.

"King"

We sat and watched as a parade of police cars drove past followed by the King of Thailand and a number of very smart Mercedes. It appeared that the King of Thailand was heading to exactly where we had just been! Maybe if we had stayed longer we would have got to meet him ...

When the coast was clear we continued our journey collecting Double Black soya drinks from 7-11. Outside a school we passed they were selling fresh fried crispy chicken which we couldn't resist. We rested on a bench by the river under a large shady tree.

Later in the afternoon we walked towards a popular bird garden and Sgt Major Tawee's museum. It was closing as we arrived but we got to peer through he fence and we saw many beautiful flowers in the bird garden. We followed a different route back eventually ending up at a food market and finally down by the river. 

It was now dark and we paid a visit to the rice soup restaurant. Tonight we tried another option from the menu, which was far more expensive and maybe only on par with the cheaper rice soup from yesterday.

On the way back to our hotel we passed a very colourful and elaborately decorated Chinese temple. Not sure how we missed that during the day! 

A quick note to remind us of the girl with 2 mirrors and the EngRish school.