Last day: Bangkok temples

Starbucks for coffee and croissants as low on cash and can pay by QR code at business places only in Thailand or so we thought.
Tuktuk driver quoted us 400B which we laughed at so dropped to 200. Grab was 90 so we got that to Wat Arun (pointy temple by river - 200B entrance each). It's a Saturday so there were loads of Thai people dressed up in their classic outfits taking photos. Temple is very detailed close up. Lots to see.
5B each for boat to cross the river. Rusty, swaying platform and need a confident jump across to make sure you get on / off boat.
Wat Pho (300B entrance) was next which is the long reclining buddha and loads of other bits to see. Wasn't too busy. By midday we were hot and templed out so got a coconut ice cream - I tried my Moreta app just in case and it worked! Turns out it is available starting today for personal QR codes, ie small businesses. Great news to save us getting more money out.
We caught a boat back to our hotel area (21B) - still not sure how the boats work but the people there ensured we got on the right one. This boat was much better as no windows so could see properly as opposed to yesterday's downstairs which was opaque.
We stopped somewhere for lunch - coconuts and yummy pad Thai with tofu for me and some stir fry thing for Anna she wasn't overly impressed by. Then I found more ice cream, really good stuff (well it is our last day!) and we spent some of our last cash in the markets and 7 eleven on snacks for our flight home - my fave things are red bean paste sweets buns. Also picked up a manta ray necklace and elephant ring as Xmas presents for each other which were more pricey.
Went back to the hotel for showers and packed and got a Grab back to airport. Grab driver was constantly talking / chewing and had 3 phones on the go, veering across the lanes several times! Not impressed. However we made it in one piece and checked in easily.
Spent the 1,000B deposit on some tuktuk chocolates and elephant biscuits plus an almond pain au chocolate and chocolate covered croissant - yum!
Flew to Bangkok at 7:30pm, half hour late, took 1.5 hours as part of main Vietnam Airlines flight from London package. Didn't get premium seats for this flight as not available when booked though there were some on the plane. We were sat near engines and they were so loud on take off I worried the plane might be broken but seemed to settle down for rest of flight.
Served chicken and rice, which I didn't touch. Anna nibbled some rice. We've switched to normal food as weren't impressed with the veggie options which is treated as vegan. Wasn't expecting a meal on this flight though so wasn't hungry.
In Hanoi, we had to go through transfer check then security which took quite a while, and downed our water not realising there was somewhere to pour it away.
Had a banh mi each and iced coffee for $18. Mine was veggie and consisted of some lettuce and melted plastic cheese. Edible but hardly nice. Anna's pork version wasn't much better including the first poor Vietnamese coffee. Browsed the shops but not even Anna was tempted to buy anything.
Next flight was 12:45 so had quite a wait but went quite quickly. The airport staff were raising a huge dragon, looked like carnival Chinese new year type on this swaying scaffolding with a guy on top with no safety equipment.
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