Sawadee Kaa! This morning, Mark was still feeling a little under the weather in the morning, so he rested at the hotel while Lynne went to the Floating Market at Damnoen Saduak. Ms. Sammy and our driver, Mr. Odd (yes, that is his name!) picked Lynne up at 7:00am for our drive about 1.5 hours west of Bangkok. The Bangkok traffic is still amazing: on Monday morning, Lynne saw one tollbooth interchange that had a traffic backup of at least five miles. Fortunately, that was heading into Bangkok, and we were heading the other way! We traveled mostly by expressway, and Lynne was impressed with the traffic control system of Bangkok. Ms. Sammy said that at most every exit, and even along the freeway at points, there are police officers to help direct traffic every day.
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