Daily Archives: 15/02/2025

Read this blog: The one where we discover that the English only look at the pictures Thursday 13th February 2025 Matilda had planned we should get up early so that we could ascend the Golden Mount [see feature photo] in the comparative cool of the morning as on our last visit the temple had been covered in scaffolding so we had opted not to climb the 344 steps. However her confident assumption that yesterday’s lie-in meant that she had conquered jet-lag proved to be sadly over-optimistic. Once again, this time after a fitful nights’ sleep, we woke after 09:00. After breakfast, we once again walked to the Khlong Saen Saep [Saen Saep Canal] to catch a high speed boat. Already it felt hotter than it had the day before, despite the refreshing spray caused by passing another boat at high speed. Having arrived at Panfa Leelard Pier at the end of the line we set off along Boriphat Road towards the Golden Mount. We were almost instantly accosted by a tuk tuk driver trying to drum up some business but when we turned him down he was heard to mutter something which may have been in Thai but sounded suspiciously like “stupid […]