Our day started by moving from our AirB&B to the tour hotel. This did not take long and allowed us to have lunch while we waited for our rooms to be ready. The highlight of the afternoon was the opportunity to go swimming in the wonderfully cool outdoor pool.

We spent a few hours in and out of this pool before it was time to meet our tour. There will be 23 of us travelling together with our guide Dome. There are a total of 7 Canadians on the tour and everyone else is American. Dome gave us the overview of what to expect over the next 2.5 weeks. Road Scholar is an educational tour company and as such we will get a great orientation to the culture and history of the 4 Countries we visit. We start tomorrow at 7:30 with a tour of the Grand Palace and a few other important sites, then it will be back to the pool before dinner. All is well.