26 December 2015. Day flight to Heathrow

The flight  to Heathrow lasts a bit over 13 hours, from 11 am Thai time to 5.30 pm London time. Sleep does not come easily and the time passed somewhat slowly - not helped by the lamentable choice of films provided by BA. Fortunately I had some better choice of my own with me and watched a couple of those, when not looking at Mount Everest from the window.

25 December 2015. Travel around Bangkok

I went to a few of the districts served by the MTR to see some places less on the tourist map. First was the end of the line - Bang Sue. Frankly, where you get disgorged by the MTR is not the most interesting place. There is the regular railway station - or stations and then a giant building site for an elevated something - I never found out whether it is to be another road or a skytrain.

So having wandered around the stations - there are two because there is a junction just beyond and trains for the two different lines go to the two different stations - for no obvious reason. However, they had some interesting rolling stock that had come a long way!

So I got back on the MTR and went two stops to the park. This was pleasant enough but not exceptional.

So on again, this time to the stop for the Cultural Centre. Finding the centre from the stop with its name was not the easiest and, not surprisingly, I was the only visitor. The centre is large but the space given over to visitors is really just one room.

The exhibits are mainly in the Thai language and includes the country's history.

A lot of the room is given over to the central importance of rice to the people of Thailand.

It included a film on the King's role in supporting the farming industry.

This had all taken several hours and it was pretty hot, so at this point I decided to pack in my travels and go back to the hotel for a Christmas drink and meal. I also wanted to pack as I had an earlyish start for my return home.