Bangkok Week 893

August 7, 2025

We’re back in Bangkok, and the name of the game this week is: conquer the jet lag! We discovered that the magic key is swimming! Up early? Swim before it gets too hot! Need to stay awake in the late afternoon? Go swimming! How fortunate we are to have the pool right here!

Well, we made it home with all our luggage... but unfortunately, not with two alert children.

These two were out like a light before we got home, and were impossible to wake afterward.

Lucy neither noticed nor minded that Arlo ended up sleeping on her arm.

After painfully rousing them from the dead, trying all the tricks to keep them awake. Including doing all the puzzles we brought back.

Ultimately, swimming proved to be the lifesaver for the jet lag this trip!

Here we are, back at 7 the next morning... since we're all awake anyway.

Quick visit to Makro for Dad & Lucy, to restock on basics.

She's so interested in the "dead fish".

Cockatoo, and his long-lost brother, cockaone.

We're all awake, so why not catch up on our swimming?

Lucky Dad: he's got split-screen viewing. Arlo on one side, Lucy on the other.

Mum's more pained than Lucy, with her chest of steel.

We tried planting lychee seeds before we left... but we got a bitter melon vine instead!

Arlo disassembled his propeller plane and built the fighter jet instead.

Special Sunday treat (to stay awake in the afternoon, of course).

Another early morning, another early swim!

Racing across the width of the pool.

Trying their new, next-level chopsticks (from Dollarama).

Lucy's got it figured out!

Trying on her new (old) shoes. And nothing else.

Ready to play sports!

Amazingly, Lucy's mastered the larger bicycle. Power up!

Because it's so early on a work day, there are actually people playing tennis in the tennis court this time! What a happy surprise!

And it's not even 7:30 yet, so time for a swim.

Showing off a fighter jet that he made from all the leftover pieces.

After dinner swim (since dinner is so early).

Lucy's getting the hang of Genius Square now.

The new LEGO workshop in his room.

Another day, another swim!

Yikes, talk about goggle rings!

This was supposed to be lap swimming, but I was ambushed!

Still enjoying the toy from Auntie Julia!

Until next time!