Back to Mode Sathorn hotel and back to Andy pounding the streets to get his 6 mile run fix.

After breakfast we went to have a look at the Mahanakhon Skywalk, a glass external deck on the 78th floor looking out over the city.

As it’s Pride month in Bangkok the ground floor and gardens surrounding the skyscraper were decked out in full rainbow colours.

Not only is the skywalk high, it’s seriously priced high too, at over £20 each for the pleasure of scaring ourselves half to death (well definitely Andy), so instead we decided to take a more genteel and less expensive walk around the nearby Lumphini Park!

The park has something of the Central Park New York feel to it, although less glamorous. It’s surrounded by high end luxury apartments and penthouses with views that stretch for miles.

Towards the end of our walk we stopped off at the W Hotel to see how the other half live, and for a closer look at the skywalk glass walkway which looked a long way up & even less appealing from the ground.

After returning to the Asai Hotel in Chinatown, we went out for dinner in search of the perfect Pad Thai.

With a little help from YouTube and Google we found Thipsamai, a popular and much loved Bangkok restaurant established back in 1966, after humble beginnings on a sidewalk post WWII.

Thipsamai is the oldest Pad Thai restaurant in the country and if we believe social media it’s the most popular. The press cuttings from across the world, notably the Uk voted it the number 1 Pad Thai restaurant in Bangkok!

Tomorrow we have the pleasure of a visit to China visa centre to apply for our visas in readiness for visiting the country on the 10th August.

Expecting it may take some time and we’ve been warned they are very meticulous needing info on every place we intend to stay at, as well as details on our parents, employers, children you name it.