Our last day was uneventful. Leaving our (packed) backpack at the hotel, we visited the National Museum, which maybe we should have done first, since it explains about everything on Thai history, has a nice grip on culture and art, and displays countless artefacts, from statues of Buddha to palanquins and puppets to clothes.
The museum itself is composed of different buildings, some to expose those artefacts, other as places to visit: a temple, a (royal) house or two...
We started with a historic recollection of Thailand from the neolithic to today, with the intricacies of the foundation of today's dynasty, subsequent fights, foreign influences, and so on. Sculptures, in another building, were divided by period and style; palanquins, howdahs (elephant chairs), in gold and ivory, puppets, weapons, royal regalia, gold artefacts...
We wanted to try the Royal Barge National Museum, but we got lost following the directions (follow that side street so narrow that it is just a way between two buildings, although scooters still try to pass, and then get kindly redirected away by passing Thai. Hum. Helpful.)
We also failed in our attempts to take the riverbus (which was, anyway, too full to be enjoyable), so we ended up looking down at the street from a Starbucks':
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