We have a hosted tour today to two different markets: a floating market and a train market. We needed to have an early start since we had to meet our tour group by a certain time and squeeze in breakfast before that.

Our hotel in Bangkok comes with daily breakfast. David loves this part of Asian hotels. He can eat for days if he had the time.

Boy catching up on sleep

Our first stop, floating market. This is the original floating market in Bangkok.

Next stop, a temple. This temple is special because trees grew around it, protecting the buddha.

Train market. This train path has become very popular because there are vendors along side the railroad and when the train comes through, the shops need to pull back their merchandise or furniture. The train was late today so lots of tourists were just waiting around.

While we were waiting, we decided to get a seat at a rail side cafe to have a light lunch and get a good view when the train came by.

We got back to the hotel in the evening and headed to Chinatown.

Not long after we arrived in Chinatown, it started to rain. We went into a 7-11 thinking we could wait it out but it rained harder and harder. So we bought ponchos and headed back out to the street.

With the heavy rain, we weren’t able to walk around much so we got a Tuktuk and headed to a restaurant Nat picked for dinner.

Dinner was not without drama. We arrived and it was still raining. Turns out the restaurant (Rongros) is very popular from being listed in the Michelin Guide. They require reservations, but we didn’t know. Nat was turned away at the door. We stood across the street under a hotel awning trying to figure out what to do next. David tried again, but they said no. After about 15-20 mins, he tried again and they were able to seat us! What luck. The food was amazing and the view of Wat Arun was even more amazing. The rain started to clear while we were eating. It was a nice end to our day.

Favorite part of the day:
Tyler: TukTuk ride
Me, David, and Nat: Dinner at Rongros