Bangkok!

The train ride was almost as relaxing as the monster journeys we had become accustomed to in India. We both slept reasonably well and arrived in Bangkok station at around 7am. We jumped in a tuk-tuk and headed for ko San Road, as it appeared to be the most popular destination for all travellers. We arrived to quite a bussling street with many people arriving and departing, lugging there bags around, and yet we still seemed to be carrying the largest and probably the heaviest!

As we looked for a hotel we wandered into a travel agents and enquired about heading south. We agreed that our first destination would be Koh Tao, a small island south of Bangkok. We also decided that we could probably see all that Bangkok had to offer in one day and so booked our tickets for the coming evening. As we had spent so long in Chiang Mai and were behind in our "schedule" we decided it was the most viable option.

We checked into a cheap hotel for the day, basically just a spot to leave our bags and have a shower before we had to travel again. By this time it was still only 7.30am and we headed out for some breakfast and a day of very rapid sight-seeing! The next 7 hours of our very busy day consisted of a whistle-stop tour around numerous Wats, The Museum of Thai history, the Grand Palace and finally China Town. The markets of China Town proved to be a highlight and we found it hard not to taste all the interesting foods on offer!

In the latter part of the afternoon we felt exhausted and returned to Ko San Road in a tuk-tuk where we relaxed in a small cafe. As the evening approached, we returned to our sweat-pit, windowless cell of a room and had a shower and quickly checked out before we melted inside. Luckily for us, our hotel was above an Indian restaurant and we couldn't avoid the temptation of another thali before heading off to the travle agents. We were marched to a few places around the area before eventually being led to the bus stop and boarded a rather fancy V.I.P bus.

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