After we went off to bed last night, we tossed and turned until 2 am, at which point we were both awake. We gave in and each took half an Ambien - and both slept like rocks until 7:15. Then we were rested and ready to go! Our hotel has an extravagant buffet breakfast - everything you could ask for - excellent coffee, huge variety of tropical fruits, croissants and rolls and jam and butter, scrambled eggs and bacon and sausage, dim sum, Cocoa Puffs(!) and other cereal, juice, yogurt, etc. We left the table full and well-caffeinated. At 9:00 we headed out for our khlong tour - 2 ½ hours on a longtail boat cruising the river a bit and then the small canals of Bangkok. (Bangkok is sometimes called “the Venice of the East.”)
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