So, Bangkok. What's all the fuss about?
Arrived ridiculously early, got a local bus service to Khao San Road and said bye to new Dutch friend, Sebastian. Found New Joe Guesthouse and read that 'no prostitues are allowed in the rooms'. Ok.
Felt like a pile of shit after the horror of the night journey so slept until about midday.
We had chores to do: We needed fifty US dollars for Vietnam visas, bus tickets to the airport, toothpaste and some cotton so I could mend my bag which was starting to look a bit knackered. The last repair was on the boat to Krabi and I had ran out of thread a while ago. Tackled them quickly before heading out on the famous Khao San Road.
The road is pretty mental. You can buy anything really from Oxford University degrees to deep fried cockroaches. We opted for beer and cocktails. Stayed out long enough to see it at night but as our flight was at 5.45am we couldn't really do too much.
Had a crap sleep and headed to our bus stop where we met two Canadians. Bus was due at 4am so when it reached 4.30am we sniffed that we may have been scammed. Not true - a man came running round the corner loaded with apologies and excuses. The bus had "blown up". He paid a taxi driver to take all four of us to the airport.
The old fool behind the wheel of the taxi nearly fell asleep so we kept him talking (seemed that the only English he knew was "sleepy sleepy") as he weaved through the rain-soaked streets. Finally reached the airport and told the old timer to get a strong coffee.
Checked in and dodged a bag weighing. We were almost certainly over the 7kg limit.
Walked past a splendid display of items from the World's greatest football team (Leicester City FC) and had a orange juice.
Moments later I got the first wave of cramps. It felt like my stomach was being turned inside out. Great timing!
Boarded the AirAsia plane and sat back for take off. Flight to Hanoi was good, cramps were most certainly not good.
Bangkok is clearly a massive place and we only scratched its grubby surface so I'm not going to summarise on this post. We'll no doubt be back later into our trip so I'll do it then.
Next up, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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