I arrived in Bangkok at the new Suvanabhumi airport, about 25km out of town. It looks really modern and is all air conditioned so it's very comftable, but as soon as I get through immigration and outside I instantly realise how hot this country is. It's about 38 degrees and the heat hits you like when you open a oven door. I take a taxi into the centre, paying well over the odds at 450 THB. (About £6.60). Driving over here is very different to back home, no one pays any attention to lane markings. The attitude taken is that "The break is for stopping, the horn is for driving". The taxi I took was battered and scraped, but at least I arrived in one peice! On arrival in the Khao San Road I was
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