Well the three of us were sitting in my Dad's living room having a pre meal drink...we were half way through the 2nd bottle of bubbly when Dad got a phone call advising that some bombs had just gone off in the centre of Bangkok and all the large new year celebrations had been cancelled. Fortunately we had not booked to go to one of these parties so rather reluctantly I was persuaded that everything would be fine and we should still go into the centre to the restaurant we had booked. The meal was delicious and after another bottle of wine we decided to brave it further and go to an outdoor bar on the 52nd floor of a hotel next door. It was certainly worth it as the views were amazing over Bangkok but I did jump abit when the fireworks and Chinese fire crackers went off! On the taxi ride home we drove past a road with police cars and ambulances, we found out later that another bomb had gone off there.
The 2007 Happy New Year Hotel Hop
Abit bleary eyed, we went and had brunch at The Shangri-La (I won the competition to get the most of the eat as much as you like buffet eating 4 main courses and 5 puddings!!) This was followed by a trip to the other side of the river for tea at The Peninsula and then cocktails at The Oriental. It was nice to see how the other half live!!!
We are hiring a car and heading out of the city tomorrow for a couple of nights to explore some more of Thailand.
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