We left Heathrow on Tuesday in an Airbus A380. A truly enormous aircraft. We were seated on the top deck and it was an excellent flight. After nearly 12 hours in the air we landed in Bangkok at about 06:00 local time and found the transfer to the hotel. As the room wasn’t going to be available until the afternoon we had time to kill around the pool. It was really warm and we had been up for about 18 hours by then but it was impossible to sleep so we just made the most of things. A swim, some refreshments and we were almost the first on the sun beds.
The hotel is great and the staff are excellent.
We did meet some of the local wildlife in the form of some rather large lizards that seem to wander about the place. Given their size no one bothers them. This one was the best part of three feet long.
We had a run into the city on the river and then returned to the hotel for a rest before dinner. Then turned in for a well earned early night. As I write this I have been awake to the best part of 32 hours.