Bangkok, Thailand

After processing through the Bangkok airport we caught a van to take us the 1 hour into downtown. The distance is only about 20 miles but the traffic is perpetually busy. Glad we are not driving. On the way in we saw some incredible architecture-very imaginative and modern, mixed with the normal detritus of almost any large city. We also were struck by a proliferation of huge billboards-easily 4-20 times the size of billboards in the US.
After arriving at our hotel, the Centre Pointe , in downtown , we cleaned up and got a bite to eat before we hibernated for the next 2 days. We awoke pretty refreshed and got ready to fly to Chiang Mai, the Capital of Northern Highland. We were going to stay there for 5 nights by ourselves before meetings 3 other couples for a Norwegian cruise of Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (Bali x3 nights and Lombok for 1 night) and ending the Cruise in Singapore.Read more