As yesterday suddenly turned out to be an exciting day filled with loads of fun activities, we decided to have a relax day today so after breakfast we made appointments for massage sessions here in our hotel. Gerry went first and had an hour of Thai massage whereby he felt his body being pulled apart!!! My session of compression massage lasted 90 minutes and the masseuse handled most of my pain points in my shoulders and neck. Well we can say that we will be starting our itenarary feeling supple and relaxed.
By the time we were ready from the massage, it was time to have a light lunch out on the hotel verandah as we watched office people walking outdoors for their lunch. A little alleyway in front of our hotel and on the backside of the big office building of Bangkok Bank (where my friend Pintuwan used to work) was quickly transformed into street food stalls where the office people came to get their lunch. Mind you, our hotel restaurant is also used by the Bangkok people to have a quick lunch………… The whole of Silom is buzzing with activity on this Monday morning!!!
We were lucky to have our lunch on the verandah after which we took a stroll down Silom to the Decathlon store to get a dry bag – a waterproof bag to put our belongings for our 2 night trip to Kanchanaburi early tomorrow morning.
After having succeeded in acquiring the dry bag , we wandered a bit before heading back to the hotel to shower and get ready to go for our fitting!
You may be wondering – what fitting?
Well yesterday I did mention that our Tuk-Tuk driver made a last stop before returning us to our hotel. This stop was at the International Fashion Centre – a business run by Nepalese dress makers and tailors and where we could order clothes made to order. So yes, we ended up being measured for various outfits and today we had to go for our fitting! I was really surprised how well tailored these garments were! I have never in my life bought a pair of trousers that fitted perfectly! Gerry too had ordered a number of shirts, a suede jacket and a couple of chino pants. We will be picking up our order when we get back to Bangkok on the 9th February before returning back to NL the following day.
Gerry trying on one of his chino pants and short sleeved shirt
Our Tuk-Tuk driver whose name we found out today is Tchi picked us up to go for the fitting and then dropped us at Somboon Seafood Restaurant where we met up again with Pintuwan and Jan for our last dinner together before we left Bangkok. It’s always a pleasure being with this lovely couple who appreciate life day by day.
Of course having dinner with Pintuwan and Jan is always a feast – Pintuwan just knows what to order so between us we shared a lovely meal of grilled sea bass in salt (which Gerry filleted so professionally), king crab in a curry with boiled rice, glass noodles with shrimps, and green asparagus with mushrooms and shrimps.
And of course according to Pintuwan, we had to get one of the waiters to take a Group picture of us – once at table and the last one in the hallway! It’s not a goodbye to Pintuwan and Jan but rather au revoir as we will be catching up with them when we will be visiting them in Rayong.
Everything is packed now, alarm set for 5.30 and just in case also requested an early morning call plus a breakfast box and are ready to continue our travels in Thailand.
