OUR AFTERNOON IN BANKOK
Our lunch was at a riverside restaurant, the Supatra River House. We had to take a launch from one side of the river across to the restaurant on the opposite side.  It was a very lovely, relatively expense place where we had a beautiful multicourse Thai meal with sweet and sour soup, spring rolls, soft shell crab, chicken and beef skewers, spicy beef, guava salad, rice, and more, all taken with Thai beer. We were stuffed.

The day was concluded with shopping at Jim Thompson’s, a notable store specializing in silk cloth, furnishings, and clothing. Sort of like an upscale Tommy Bahamas. He was an American that revitalized the cottage silk industry in Thailand and is much revered.

In the evening, eight of us celebrated the birthday of one of our new British friends. We had couples from Scotland, Britain, Alaska, Florida and Seattle. We have really enjoyed our new friends. I am the oldest of the group, most being in their 50’s and 60’s. The ship served us their rendition of a Thai meal which also very good. I think we are now full of Thai food for awhile.