CLUB 12/68 ANNUAL REUNION IN BANGKOK 23 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2017

DAY 2 – 24th September 2017.
All too soon it was time for breakfast and boarding the tour coach for our next itinerary.

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Visit to the Damnoensaduak Floating Market.
This is the World Famous Floating Market. Many versions were disseminated. That the markets would be on water. Another was that we need to be on the long-shafts OBM kind of boats. And another was that we could walk on planks jetties and walk through the market. On getting there we found that the markets were on land along waterways. We need to be on boats to look through the wares.

A tight squeeze most of the time. An eye-openner and an exquisite experience. Not much was bought though.
We had lunch at one of the restaurants
 
 next to the Elephant Team Park. It was a bit different then the one in Chiengmai.

This time they enacted lots of war scenario with arty fires and firing of bows and arrows. The Bad against the Good. Elephants were in abundance. A football shoot into the goalpost were also included.

Finally the elephants lined up to be ‘gifted’ with food sold at 30 baht a bunch.
 
A crocodile show was next on the itinerary.

The Siam Nirawit Tours
The next event was a visit to the Siam Nirawit Tours, which is a cultural show. Its done in a spacious hall, well cooled. Seats were numbered. Declining too. It was an entertaining show of 2 hours. Lots of performers. Lots of lights. And lots of imaginary technology. A very impressive show. Well-patronised by tourists especially.
It was then back to bed for a well-earned rest.
JohnH AlQudsi

 

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