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TONY T's 4th THAILAND TRAVELS
BANGKOK & our UK home
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Monday 10th:
Up and breakfasting by 08:00 (good breakfasts here at the Adelphi Suites).
We decided on a visit to Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World at Siam Paragon. Entrance fee quite high, but my Thai I.D. card came in handy again by reducing the cost.
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World (formerly, Siam Ocean World) is an aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, the largest in South East Asia. It covers approximately 10,000 square meters (110,000 sq ft) with hundreds of different species on display in exhibits totaling about 5,000,000 litres.
I was quite impressed with the aquarium; all laid out well with some pretty impressive exhibits like BIG sharks, groupers, penguins, otters, etc, etc.
Stayed here for several hours with all the family enjoying themselves.
Taxi back to the hotel followed by Aom & I going to Klongtoey Market for her to stock up on various Thai dried produce to take back to UK (I hope it fits into her suitcase).
Photos of the family enjoying Sea Life Ocean World
Photos of just some of the produce available at Klongtoey Market. (I couldn't resist a shot of my favourite fruit, Pomelo [last pic]).
Tuesday 11th:
Very last full day in Thailand; it's been a 2 month long eventful trip, but I think both of us are in need of a return to normality and reality.
Day was spent dithering about to be honest. Aom spoiled herself with a pedicure and we both squeezed a 90-minute foot massage each in. Later in the day we took baby Jack up to the apartment's pool for a splash about.
Nice evening dinner after a few beers and that was about it.
Wednesday 12th:
The chauffeur agency had already phoned yesterday to arrange pick-up at 16:30 for transfer to Suvarnabhumi Airport for the 1st leg of our long flight back to UK at 20:35.
I said a fond farewell to Somjit (Aom's Mum / my mother-in-law) and brother Joe. Aom went with them to Bangkok Bus Terminal with hope they can get a bus back to Surin; this may well be a problem as it's the start of Songkran tomorrow and it's mayhem on Thai roads and transport as everyone wants to get back to their villages and families for the celebrations.
The two flights back to UK via Abu Dhabi were largely uneventful. We were NOT impressed with Abu Dhabi's methods to passenger treatment; for instance I cannot understand why when one has just come straight off a plane (having already been security checked to board that plane in the 1st place) why we were cattle herded through a second packed security check merely to get to a transfer flight. But what really did irk was that as business class we were herded through to queue-up even after protesting with a moronic Arabic attendant who in spite of standing beneath an illuminated sign stating "Priority Lane, First and Business Class" refused to let us through. But, that's the way of things in some of these countries.
Our chauffeur was on-hand on reaching Manchester and we were delivered home safely by 08:30 suitably jet-lagged with the prospect of a supermarket visit to restock our food larder.
All in all an eventful and great 2 month Thai 'adventure'.
There'll be some more blogs in the near future.
The next blog (2018) is available to view here:-
TonyT;s 4th Thailand Blog, 2018
If, perchance, you enjoyed reading this blog, you just might wish to take a look at my original ones written in 2013 and two in 2015 which details, amongst other things, the trials and tribulations of applying for a visa so's my wife can stay in the UK. If so, take a look at our original 3-month visit around Thailand which can be viewed at:-
TonyT's 1st Thailand Blog, 2013
But there's many more: blogs of our Thai escapades which can be viewed at:
TonyT's Thailand 2nd Blog, early 2015
TonyT's 3rd Thailand Blog, late 2015
TonyT's 4th Thailand Blog, 2017
TonyT's 5th Thailand Blog, 2018
TonyT's 6th Thailand Blog, 2022
TonyT's 7th Thailand Blog, 2024
TonyT's 8th Thailand Blog, 2025
All photographs and contents
© Tony Tollitt
April 2017
Feedback? ...email me at [email protected]
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BANGKOK & our UK home
Page 13
Monday 10th:
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World (formerly, Siam Ocean World) is an aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, the largest in South East Asia. It covers approximately 10,000 square meters (110,000 sq ft) with hundreds of different species on display in exhibits totaling about 5,000,000 litres.
I was quite impressed with the aquarium; all laid out well with some pretty impressive exhibits like BIG sharks, groupers, penguins, otters, etc, etc.
Taxi back to the hotel followed by Aom & I going to Klongtoey Market for her to stock up on various Thai dried produce to take back to UK (I hope it fits into her suitcase). Photos of just some of the produce available at Klongtoey Market. (I couldn't resist a shot of my favourite fruit, Pomelo [last pic]).
Tuesday 11th:
Wednesday 12th:
Up and breakfasting by 08:00 (good breakfasts here at the Adelphi Suites).
We decided on a visit to Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World at Siam Paragon. Entrance fee quite high, but my Thai I.D. card came in handy again by reducing the cost.
Stayed here for several hours with all the family enjoying themselves.
Photos of the family enjoying Sea Life Ocean World
Very last full day in Thailand; it's been a 2 month long eventful trip, but I think both of us are in need of a return to normality and reality.
Day was spent dithering about to be honest. Aom spoiled herself with a pedicure and we both squeezed a 90-minute foot massage each in. Later in the day we took baby Jack up to the apartment's pool for a splash about.
Nice evening dinner after a few beers and that was about it.
The chauffeur agency had already phoned yesterday to arrange pick-up at 16:30 for transfer to Suvarnabhumi Airport for the 1st leg of our long flight back to UK at 20:35.
I said a fond farewell to Somjit (Aom's Mum / my mother-in-law) and brother Joe. Aom went with them to Bangkok Bus Terminal with hope they can get a bus back to Surin; this may well be a problem as it's the start of Songkran tomorrow and it's mayhem on Thai roads and transport as everyone wants to get back to their villages and families for the celebrations.
The two flights back to UK via Abu Dhabi were largely uneventful. We were NOT impressed with Abu Dhabi's methods to passenger treatment; for instance I cannot understand why when one has just come straight off a plane (having already been security checked to board that plane in the 1st place) why we were cattle herded through a second packed security check merely to get to a transfer flight. But what really did irk was that as business class we were herded through to queue-up even after protesting with a moronic Arabic attendant who in spite of standing beneath an illuminated sign stating "Priority Lane, First and Business Class" refused to let us through. But, that's the way of things in some of these countries.
Our chauffeur was on-hand on reaching Manchester and we were delivered home safely by 08:30 suitably jet-lagged with the prospect of a supermarket visit to restock our food larder.
All in all an eventful and great 2 month Thai 'adventure'.
There'll be some more blogs in the near future.
The next blog (2018) is available to view here:-
TonyT;s 4th Thailand Blog, 2018
If, perchance, you enjoyed reading this blog, you just might wish to take a look at my original ones written in 2013 and two in 2015 which details, amongst other things, the trials and tribulations of applying for a visa so's my wife can stay in the UK. If so, take a look at our original 3-month visit around Thailand which can be viewed at:-
TonyT's 1st Thailand Blog, 2013
But there's many more: blogs of our Thai escapades which can be viewed at:
TonyT's Thailand 2nd Blog, early 2015
TonyT's 3rd Thailand Blog, late 2015
TonyT's 4th Thailand Blog, 2017
TonyT's 5th Thailand Blog, 2018
TonyT's 6th Thailand Blog, 2022
TonyT's 7th Thailand Blog, 2024
TonyT's 8th Thailand Blog, 2025
All photographs and contents
© Tony Tollitt
April 2017
Feedback? ...email me at [email protected]
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