Bangkok

We've now been in Bangkok for a few days, still sleeping off the 6 hours time difference so everyone is very groggy in the mornings. We've managed to fit in quite a lot here before our flight tomorrow to Chiang Mai. Our hotel the The Inn Saladaeng is very nice and in a good location. Lumphini Park is nearby which has a big playground that our kids loved on the day we got here, and just across the road from it there is a big nightmarket and the "Joe Louis" Traditional Thai Puppet Theatre where we saw a fairly expensive but very highly regarded show. Each puppet is controlled by three people who move in unison with the puppet, and their movement is almost like dance.
We've also walked through the Patpong night market where we averted our eyes from the bar girls in skimpy clothes (we did?), taken a long boat ride on the river and canals, saw a snake/monkey/etc farm, visited the Grand Palace which really is breathtaking, been on numerous tuktuks (which Fiona adores), been to the Jim Thompson House, Gyorgyi bought silk in tiny family-run "factories" (a shed which doubles as their home) in the muslim area where we saw them work the looms, etc., I got four shirts made and delivered within 24 hours, lots of local food, and, well, that's quite enough. We're all worn out and need a holiday now!