Frenetic!!! That’s the word I’d use to explain our first few hours in Thailand… and that’s just what the City of Bangkok is too. From the moment we landed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok to the moment of writing this on Sunday morning, we have moved with Bangkok’s sea of people, cabs, tuk-tuks and the ever present motorcycles. If New York is the City that never sleeps, then whoever wrote that phrase has never been to Bangkok.
Sitting almost on the top floor, 27 stories up above all the hustle and bustle, we look out from our air conditioned 3 bedroom suite, in the Prince Palace Hotel, and it’s easy to forget what city you are in. Gazing out the windows over the twinkling night city, the only major giveaway is the brightly golden lit temple standing high above all other buildings and a plethora of smaller ones dotted all around this vibrant vista.
Morning breaks and the night city turns into yet another bustling day of heat, smells and noise. Nothing prepares you for the city within the Land of Smiles. Yesterday, Saturday, we took a cab to a shopping centre, by far bigger than any I’ve experienced in the UK and, being just one of five the same size, in a couple mile radius. As with all shopping centres, you walk and walk and no attempt is made to actually realise the distance achieved. Not until you sit, then every bone in your body cries with relief. Hehehe!!! Lunch is a mixture of Italian buffet foods with attentive Thai serving staff. International cuisine is the order of “today” but I am more interested in experiencing true Thai food which awaits us at every turn, literally!!
Of course there is one person for whom all this walking is a breeze and that’s my little granddaughter, Leelawadee or Lia as she’s now known to most, maybe because it’s much easier to say. I secretly love to call her Leelawadee, because it’s such a beautiful name. Laying in comfort in her pushchair, she is oblivious to all the looks and smiles she receives, but has slowly begun to reciprocate which only brings her more attention. J
She is the most angelic baby I’ve ever met. Her cry, when she does, which is not often at all, is so miniscule that one could miss it for a whimper. She is a very happy and absolutely delightful little baby. My heart lifts each time she turns her big brown eyes in my direction. Both Fred and I are in awe as to how she took to us, as though she’d known us her lifetime already. She willingly lets us play, hold and cuddle her even when her Mummy is in viewing distance. Never struggling to get free or crying so Mummy comes. It’s as though she knows she’s safe and comforted by all around her and in that respect she is most certainly right.
Poon (also has a beautiful name Kawadee, but has been nicknamed Poon) and Lee make excellent and very attentive parents. Their love for Leelawadee is so apparent and it melts my heart to know we have brought up such a loving, devoted and mature man whose respect for his loving partner knows no bounds and, his love for his daughter is phenomenal. Lee you have made us very proud for all the right reasons. Poon is a fabulous Mum and I am blessed that I have a “daughter-in-law” who is so magnificently attuned to her baby and Lee. I wondered before meeting how we would all get on as we were meeting for the first time, not only our granddaughter, but Poon too! I should never have worried at all, we’ve had fun and laughter already, have misunderstood each other, but then fought through the language barrier and laughed at our mistakes, but on top of that we both have a fervent love for both Lee and Leelawadee. Thank you Poon, for your love and respect of Lee and, for giving us both our beautiful granddaughter, Leelawadee!! ❀
We are truly blessed…
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