Arriving in Bangkok - 17-2-2007

The in flight entertainment broke on the flight over, so after 10 hours staring at the back of a leather seat we arrived in Bangkok. Phew it was hot! Hot and tired we checked into our pint size hotel room and slept for over 14 hours.

The next day we weren't quite sure what to do. Had an "American breakfast" and looked at the guide book for a while. We were staying in a small backpackers lodge not far from the Khao San road. We eventually decided to ditch the guide book and just go wandering.

After a few minutes we bumped into a teacher called Tangam, eager to practice his English. What a stroke of luck - after a few minutes talking to him he had listed out the best sights to see, recommended a good TAT office, flagged down a Tuk-Tuk and negotiated a decent prices for us! We had a personal driver for the whole morning for 40B (< 1EUR). The only scam that the Tuk-Tuk tried to pulled was to take us to a tailor that he was getting commission from ... but this is to be expected. I was well impressed.

Saw a number of the famous sights - Golden Mount, Standing Buddha, Lucky Buddha. Pretty cool. The Golden Mount in particular has an amazing view of Bangkok. Lots and lots of bells all the way up. Kind of errie to hear them all clanging in the wind.

From Thailand Photos

From Thailand Photos