Hello from Bangkok!!! We arrived at the plush airport at around 4pm local time on 23/01/09. Although I didn't sleep much on the plane the 11hour flight was really good as we were upgraded to Premium Economy! This meant we had lots more leg room, a bigger TV screen and amazing food to go with all the free champers...so far so good!! We hopped into a taxi and headed to our hotel. Our driver was a little annoyed at the traffic ahead of us so decided to take a shortcut...although this involved driving up the wrong way of a motorway hard shoulder!!!....After a quick freshen up we went down backpacker central Khao San Road for a few beers and some thai food.....despite the lack of sleep for almost 40 hours i really srtuggled to sleep that
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