After yesterday, the Tortoise and the Hare finished in first place, won the Cambodia segment, and we slipped into fifth. Since all the other teams haven't used their Wild Cards yet (doubling your points for the day) and we have, we can only expect to fight for our spot. But hey, it's all in good fun!
So when we got into Bangkok, there was a manifestation anti-coup on the streets of Bangkok. The democratically voted government of Thaksin was ousted in January by a military government, but then again, the coup had been approved by the King and Thaksin's reputation was mostly of corruption, so it's not that simple. Since the 1930's, Thailand has seen its share of peaceful coups...
Everybody's favourite colour is the royal yellow, to wish King Rama IX, age 89, a long life. I hadn't noticed it in previous stays in Thailand but the yellow t-shirts were everywhere!
The day of racing in Bangkok had us run and sweat everywhere, from Khao Sarn Road all the way to Siam Center and beyond. We had to use boats, tuk-tuks, buses and skytrain.
At the Grand Palace.
Crossing the Chao Phraya on a ferry
A monk on a cell phone at Wat Pho. We went around the Reclining Buddha about... three times looking for our checkpoint!
Offering garlands at the Erawan elephant shrine.
Required photo of a "Khatoey", who is, of course, a ladyboy. We found (with some help) the only ladyboy in Khao Sarn Road! Yellow Royal T-shirt again!
And Vini had to paint his nails for the bonus points:
Because of several detours and because we didn't plan well, we arrived last today. But we shot many of the required pictures and paid attention to the answers, so maybe we can gather some points there.
We took the overnight train at Hualamphong Station last night to head towards the beaches of Krabi, which is located in my favourite playing (diving) grounds: Southern Thailand.
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