Blogs from Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 24

Khao San Road.... it's interesting. As you know from my last post I was nervous about coming here, but I'm pleased to report I am alive!! It's a street littered with random market stalls selling everything from t-shirts to deep fried scorpions. Whilst we didn't buy anything it was good fun to look at. There are bars and restaurants and Thai massage parlours offering a 15 minute foot massage for 110 Baht. There are also men women and children walking up and down the road selling random wooden things, random light up things and laughing gas. We sat in a bar and had a few cocktails whilst doing one of our fave activities... people watching! There was a guy dancing with fire, an old man and what was quite clearly a lady boy enjoying a nice ... read more

What people don't really tell you about travelling is the stress of finding somewhere to stay. Maybe it's us, maybe spending too much time reading in depth reviews on Trip Adviser and judging a hotel on its wifi availability and cleanliness star rating isn't helping the situation, but hotel hunting is not fun. We're not those people that can just turn up and find somewhere, we are planners, we like to know where we are going. But after three hours this morning and lots of 3am googling the last few days (jet lag is still very much real) we have finally decided staying in Phi Phi isn't for us, instead we are going to Krabi and will day trip to Phi Phi. Sorted... ok now to find a hotel in Krabi. Ergh. I mentioned that the ... read more

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Since last had a very nice week or so in Chiang Mai. Its much more easy going than Bangkok and while I was there the weather was a bit cooler. Among its many attractions is a huge night market selling, well just about everything. Have spent many an hour haggling away buying you all presents, when I say you I mean me of course. It also has some very good second hand English book shops to while away an afternoon in. I stayed for New year which was a great night. Around 9 pm the sky started to light up with Chinese lanterns which carried on until well after midnight. There must have been thousands upon thousands of them, surprised it didn't burn the place down. All in all a great week. I had planned that ... read more

5th Jan: Arrived at Don Mueang around 10 am, headed straight for an iced coffee to wake me up. Forgot how sugar is instantly added to all coffee beverages in South East Asia. The girl seemed so pleased when she told me she hadn't made it too sweet. I was gutted but at least it was drinkable. I took the A1 airport bus to Mo Chit, it cost 30 baht and took about half an hour. There I transferred to the BTS skytrain. I was made to dump my coffee cup before heading through the turnstiles, I hate not eating the ice in my iced coffee. BTS was 42 baht and I think it was about 10 stations to Nana, where I was staying. A five minute walk had me at the hostel. It was about ... read more