Dave, Jeff and Julie

Last week Dave from Huddersfield came to Bangkok on a holiday. He usually comes over only for business. This time he bought to friends, Jeff and Julie.

We met up on Sunday night after they had settled in to their Hotel. Jeff and Julie stayed at the Royal Benja. We walked up to Gulliver’s, a real good Bar on Sukhumvit Soi 5; it was good to meet up with Dave. Gulliver’s is a good place to start off in when you visit Bangkok, the food is OK, the beer is cheap and there are loads of working girls to keep your eyes busy. By the end of the night I had agreed to show them around a couple of the sights of Bangkok the following day.

On Monday I met Jeff and Julie mid morning and took them to Wat Po, via a rip off taxi ride. This involved getting a taxi to Wat Po, the taxi driver asked if we would like to go on a river taxi. We said yes, we arrived at the Pier only to discover they wanted 500bht per person to take us there. After a few chosen words we got in a taxi and finished the journey.

I think Wat Po is the best Temple in Bangkok, it is home to dozens of small Pagoda’s and more famously, a 40M gold reclining Buddha. If you visit one Temple then visit Wat Po. Its only 20baht to get in. Dave nursing a hangover met up with us there. I hope they were impressed with the Buddha.

We then used the river ferry to cross the Chao Prah river to visit Wat Arun. It is probably the most famous Wat, featuring on all Thailand Brochures. By this time I think everyone was getting Wat Sickness, so we headed to the shopping area off Pratunam. Jeff wanted a suit making. I took them to my Tailor at the Indra Regent called Madams. He was size up and

material chosen in about 15 minutes. Here I said goodbye, the following day they were headed to Pattaya and Chang Mai for four days.

The following Saturday Nuch and I met up with the trio in the Hard Rock Café, unfortunately their camera had been left in the taxi, all of the pictures from the holiday had been lost. Luckily it was the usual good night in the Hard Rock, there is always a top live band on. Tonight was no exception.

On Sunday I took Jeff for a game of golf at The Army Golf Course, he beat me hands down; despite a huge downpour and very slow play we had a good round.