A day in Bangkok

When we originally booked our flights, the connection in Bangkok was very tight. Although the flight schedules subsequently changed, we couldn't take advantage of the better connection without paying a lot more, with the result that we had a day in Bangkok on our way over. Although we stayed at the airport, naturally we went into town (after a big buffet breakfast). There are 2 trains, the Airport Express and the cheaper City Express (which stops at about 5 stations).   As things worked out, we used the City Express both ways, at 45 baht (about $1.50) each way - pretty good value, we thought!  The Airport Express is more expensive (150 baht, I think), but although it's presumably less crowded, it stops 2 stations short of the end of the line at the city end. So, in one day, we checked out the shopping scene (what an amazing array of clothing – who buys it all?), did a river cruise, visited a temple and had afternoon tea at the Shangri-La, overlooking the river. We've also got 2 days in Bangkok on our return, but we're sure there are still a few temples to look at and shops to do! The only omission was that we didn't find any reasonably priced internet, so we accumulated our postings. We eventually found internet in the departure lounge at the airport, but it was very slow, so we didn't catch up with all the emails and blog postings.