Super Saturday

OK, OK ... I've plagiarised the expression that I first heard at the 2012 London Olympics but it was coined that Saturday night to express the joy and pride of the sporting outcomes for Great Britain and quite frankly, I thought it was also appropriate for our full on meeting day. It made me laugh that there was about an hour where all three couples were sat on aeroplanes, wending their way to Bangkok.

Yes, this was the day my nephew Ross and Mr John's cousin Abi brought their partners on holiday to meet us or maybe it was just to have a holiday in Thailand??  It was great meeting Bryony and Dave. Thankfully, we managed to land half an hour before Abi & Dave so I thought that was a much nicer welcome than them having to wait for us especially as they arrived from the UK. Lucky for Ross & Bryony who'd traveled from Hong Kong and landed three hours earlier they had already got to their hotel and were enjoying cocktails by the time we rang them.

I'm pretty sure we all had a good time. We started the evening at Cheap Charlie's thanks to a recommendation from Lisa & Gordon. It's off Sukhumvit Road at Soi 11 and if you take Nana BTS you'll have less than a 10 minute walk. Be warned, spirits are served in slightly smaller glasses than normal, so you may down them a bit quickly not me of course. It was a great place to get to know each other and there's also some good places to eat just behind it. We chose Tapas Cafe and were amazed at the food. If you go and you're not vegetarian try the meatballs - the sauce is to die for just ask Mr John.

Of course no trip to Bangkok apparently is complete without a trip on the river ferry and a visit to Wat Pho. It is indeed our preferred attraction for first time visitors if only you could get a loyalty card. This time we also managed to fit in some shopping and lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe Bangkok a request from Ross who is on some sort of quest I think. And speaking of Ross, thanks to him, we all enjoyed our own executive minivan back to Chanthaburi. It was a lovely way to travel this one had three rows of seats where as the ones we usually get have four rows - posh.

When we arrived in Chanthaburi 3.5 hours later, Abi & Dave still had another couple of hours to get to Koh Chang where they were spending the next week what a day of travelling for them.

We were lucky that Ross & Bryony were staying overnight before heading off to Koh Mak. It was Bryony's first time in Chan and so there were a few things we had to show her agreed to by Ross with his previous experience. So of course, it was off to the lake for 6pm and no, I'm not telling you why we do this, you have to check it out or come visit us.

We spent the evening at Tamajun and enjoyed ourselves way too much. Still brunch at Vietnamese Food always does the trick and our souls seen to by viewing the Catholic Cathedral. A wander down the street through the Old Town completed our lovely morning before waving them off on their next adventure.


My one complaint - way too short a visit. I almost feel like I dreamed it.