Nigel: We arrived in Bangkok for our second visit of the trip. We decided to stay in another part of the city as we couldn't be doing with the hassle of the tuk tuk men and also it gave us a chance to see different sites. The first noticeable thing that we saw was the sign that Christmas was approaching. You didn't see the full extreme of decorations like back home but it was still impressive considering we were in the middle of SE Asia. We thought it wou...

Alison: The flight in to Bangkok was a rough one. Lots of turbulence so very relieved to touch down. My friend Fay met us at the airport. Many of you will know her but for those who don't, Fay is a very good friend of mine from both school and university :-) She had made the brave decision to fly out to Thailand on her own to meet us for a couple of weeks. We stayed in a hotel near to the airport for the first night as we arrived late. Nigel and I had a reaso...