we are here!!! Arrived at 3.30pm thailand time yesterday, managed to get some sleep on the flight, got off the plane and got quoted 1200 baht for a taxi (approx 21 pounds), then we realised it was a limo, hehe! so we went to get a public taxi which was 450 bath (a lot more reasonable - about 9 pounds) Our hotel last night was called The Royal, was quite nice, good location, basic decor, had a pool. We got showered first cos we'd been travelling for ages, then headed round our area to look for some dinner. We went round the back roads and it was really scary cos it gets dark really early, like 6pm, and there were all this stalls, some of which were from people's houses and lots of stray dogs
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