Yesterday was full of adventures! Most were really cool, one a little scary, and the last one was flat out hilarious (hint - ping pong ball show...).
We took a walk early in the morning. The food at the Dusit Thani, while extraordinary in every way, is absolutely absurdly expensive even by US standards and organized robbery by Thai standards. A coffee and an espresso was $15 US. Much better to eat from the local establishments. Took an early morning walk and found a spot where local people were eating. Spent about $3 including two bottles of water (street vendor). As we continued our walk, a nice fellow struck up a conversation with us and suggested a tour. Sounds like fun. We hopped a tuk-tuk and headed for the pier. A two hour canal tour including a stop at a snake farm/zoo. The canal trip was REALLY cool! The snake farm/zoo, well, let's just say the zoo standards differer around the world. One monkey wanted his back scratched and Steve probably spent 20 minutes obliging. They did have a cassowary there. Now that is one Jurassic looking bird. Seriously, this thing is a dinosaur with feathers. I don't know if it would club you to death with it's head or eviscerate you with it's beastly clawed feet.
This is our tuk-tuk driver (our favorite so far - he's been driving a tuk-tuk for 22 years and is still alive to tell about it).
And the cassowary beast.
