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Bonjour,
Spent Wednesday cruising about Bangkok in a tuk tuk, looking at temples...they took us to a few tailor shops, everybody wants you to buy a suit...the tuk tuk guys get commison if you buy anything so they pull in to all sorts of places. Saw quite a few temples and then went back to my hostel. The guy in the hostel sorted me out a treat and I had a bed for the night, which was sweet as I didn't have to move anywhere...! Met up with Adam's mates Zac and co who I know in Bangkok for a beer. We went out for dinner with my mate Pete from my hostel and 2 New Zelanders, to a vegetarian restaurant that Zac knows, was cheap as an absolutely gorgous...Think it came to about 4 quid with beer and water...boom... Then we hit the bars in Bangkok for another night out, Im sick of drinking already...took it easy this night though. We played drinking games and stuff sat in a bar right on the Khao San road, was 1 quid a beer... Then we watched a bit of the Man UTD game, this kicked off at 2am, im loving being
with 3 UTD fans and another 3 coming out this weekend, should be fun although I want them to smash Chelsea on Sunday (sorry Dom)...Then the Monsoon came, rain ahmmered it down and people were dancing in the street, pegged it back to the hostel, said bye to Pete, hopefully he got up for his plane at 6am, haha, we went to bed at gone 3am...felt sorry for him gong home, as he has been away for a year
Next day I got up checked out the hostel and got a taxi to the station. got to the ticket office and the tool had take me to the wrong train station...then tried to get a taxi back to Khao San Road, but they all tried charging me 200 bhat, still only 4quid but as I had paid 65 bhat just over a quid they were trying to stitch me up...eventually found a little old man who took me back for 80 bhat in his tuk tuk...then the mission continued...I had to go to some random road where nobody spoke english and find a minibus to Kanchanaburi, eventually found the right one, cost 150 bhat for 3 hour journey, not
bad, 3 quid...bus was rammed and crammed and nobody spoke english, i managed to communicate with some thai girl and my map and she got the driver to drop me at my hostel...I will try and put some pics up later tonight, but its a little shack on the river on poles, well nice...! went out to use the net and write this blog, but there was some dog wandering round the cafe freaking me out, so left...then the monsoon started...brilliant, pegged it over to a bar opposite and sat with some french guy and had some beers...waiting for the rain to stop...we were chatting to loads of thai locals and all of a sudden they strted tuning intheir guitars, lead and bass. it turned out french matey could play the drums and they started belting out every british old school rock and roll classic, including pink floyd and guns and roses..! was amazing, then the thai drummer turned up and french guy (ruodolph) took over on the bongo drum...some thai guy was playing the harmonica, random but amazing...I decided i needed some food as was going to eat with the french guy, but he was pissed, so just had
a toastie and finished off my pringles...nice...! went to bed at 2am, called lucy and Dad / Nana on skype as it was only 8pm england time, was quality night...
today I woke up, slept like a log and moved to the hostel next door, was cheaper, only 8 quid for the night instead of 15...also has a swimming pool...and also im in the room next to the french guy rudolph, so random...we went down to the bridge over the river Kwai today and just chilled out, only 1 mile away...its so so so hot and i feel like total rubbish today coz of the heat, so we just sat on a floating bar on the river chatting for a few hours and had some cokes...I will also put up pictures later...Right im all blogged out, going for some food and a nap and defo having a chilled evening, doing nothing... weather today must be 40oc again, no need,...to blooming hot
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