At our tour ‘meeting’ last night, we agreed that a long tailed boat ride on the river and through the canals would be a good thing to do today. But something got a little lost in the translation. Our journey to the river by hotel tuk tuk was fine and relatively traffic free
and on arrival at the pier
I thought our driver had explained exactly what we wanted to the boat man who then immediately ushered us on to a boat full of Scandinavian tourists (which was definitely not long tailed) and off we went,
following more or less the same course as we had on the ferry yesterday!
We did turn into one of the side canals for a while, passing a few interesting buildings
and where we were inevitably approached by sellers of souvenirs and liquid refreshment.
The reason for our truncated canal journey became clear when we had to make an emergency stop for petrol
before heading back downstream to our base passing all manner of craft on the way.
OK, so it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind but city river trips are always interesting and the ever changing skyline is fascinating.
We just loved the new Lego HQ on the right of this photo!
River breezes (mainly of diesel fumes) tend to whet the appetite so some street food was the answer.
5 dishes and 5 drinks for under £12. Bargain!
This frenzy of activity was followed by a bit of afternoon sunbathing and catching up on the news where one headline worried me a lot!
Late tomorrow, Ollie goes back to UK, Andy travels to Malaysia and I trundle off to Sri Lanka. So we have some serious planning to do this evening about how we are to fill our remaining time here. Andy says he wants to karaoke. Deep Joy!
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