If I can get my camera to work a few more pictures of Bangkok.

 Once the official tour of Bangkok started I moved to a "posher" hotel. Actually it just turned out to be moderately tall tower block, down a side street in the heart of modern Bangkok,  so luckily quite quiet but near to what feels like mayhem in the heat.  I decided to walk through a relatively local park to it from the nearest tube from my hotel and it almost killed me and the slight shabbiness of the park (despite being opened in honour of the previous Queen) and the slight shiftiness of the pubs and massage bars in the area,  did not fill me with joy.    In the old town there are quite a lot of street hawkers, but more people seemed to be living in the heat of the new town and there were more people roasting foods by the side of the road, despite the intense and roasting heat of the sun, so a complex mix or rich visitors and poorer Thais, criss crossing much like the fume filled streets.  The room was nice enough, but the place a little souless compared to the hotel and the hostel I had also stayed at in the Old Town and it was really anonymous, groups of loud men in the pool and just me, not an entirely nice feeling.  Anyway the one saving grace of being in that part of town - it was a sky train journey away from the Jim Thompson museum, which I had researched when it looked like continuous rain was on the cards for Bangkok and wanted an indoor activity to enjoy.  As it happened a lot of the museum is actually out of doors but in a lovely sheltered garden so it was a good activity for a hot morning. The sky train if like me you have a slight phobia of not so much heights but some structures is not great but it is doable and convenient, but I would not want to have to use it again.   

Saturday in my 9th floor hotel room, curtains closed to avoid the dizziness. 

Jim Thomson's story is interesting as he was in the war in the area, but stayed on and according to the museum helped resurrect the Thai silk industry. He was into the arts and apparently helped source silk for the film The King and I.  He also bought up the houses that form the heart of the museum and lots of antiquities, but then mysteriously disappeared whilst holidaying in Malaysia.   

Still having problems so cannot upload images I want to.