We arrived in Bangkok this afternoon. The flight was pretty uneventful, although I did feel cheated since I slept through most of it and therefore couldn't use the personal video system! Bangkok is hot as always, and especially humid now it's rainy season. We took a taxi into town (the driver mistook my ability to state in Thai our destination for fluency and proceeded to talk to me rapidly in Thai for much of the trip - I managed to understand that it has been a big week in Bangkok due to the presence of dozens of kings, queens and heads of state for the King's 60th Accession Anniversary). We checked in to our favourite hotel in Bangkok, the Buddy Lodge. Despite being located on the iffy Khao San Road, it's very friendly - the staff
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