The taxi to the airport, flight, immigration, customs and taxi from the airport all went smoothly. In Bangkok I checked into the same guesthouse and went next door to check and send email. I left with an hour to get across town to my parents hotel (down past Siam Square). I knew traffic might be mad so I planned on taking a taxi to the sky train, and going the rest of the way on the elevated train system. Great plan, except it took an hour to go the 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) to the train stop! The next five kilometers only took fifteen minutes. So I got to the hotel fifteen minutes late - I thought, but it turned out I had agreed to be there a half hour earlier so I was 45 minutes late. Oops. I had dinner with my parents' tour group. It was an great buffet - excellent since I really hadn't eaten (except for the airplane snack). After dinner my parents and I took the skytrain a few stops to Starbucks for coffee and made plans to meet tomorrow afternoon after their tours.