Hi all,
We have are still in Bangkok until Saturday morning when we will head north to Chang Mai for new adventures.

We are staying in a great hostel and the kids love the pool. Paul said at one point today that we should have just gone to a really good hotel with a pool in Ontario and eaten alot of Thai food. We headed out on the river today. Bangkok is the Venice of Asia. The canals are seriously polluted but are a quick and easy way to get around. It was fun to take the local transit on the water. There are really interesting contrasts between big beautiful structures, both new and old and slums. The river ties everyone together. We didn't walk far before

Canal views in Bangkok.

Kids goofing around.

Sign on barge. Paul wants it as a bumper sticker.

Long boats on the canal.

Very wet travelers.

Kate decided it was just too hot. She wilts like a water lily pick

ed out of her environment. We headed for the hostel pool. After a dip and lunch we walked to the National Museum - seeking both culture and air conditioning... it was closed. So off to the National Barge Museum. Hillarious. We took a taxi to the beginning of an alley that lead us past houses, canals, over bridges and through questionable areas to the National Barge Museum. It houses the royal barges used for parading the royals down the canals. It was interesting... then the heavens opened up and you couldn't hear each other for the rain pounding on the tin roof. The kids toured the museum, full of very long and beautifully ornate barges. They ended up watching a kick boxing match with the security guards, it hopes of waiting out the storm. No luck and we headed off. True Yukon spirit...

cheers for now. s