Holiday week 1 We arrived in Bangkok and sussed out the airport link/sky train to get to the hotel. It was nice and easy, and before we knew it we were opening the door to a suite on the 17th floor of the Dusit Thani hotel. Yes, we had been upgraded, and neither of us had ever stayed in a suite before. We couldn't believe our eyes when we walked in. Our own living room with sofas, a study, dressing room, huge bathroom with a free standing bath, the comfiest b...

We were sold a luxurious private mini bus at Bangkok bus station for a deal, at just 126 baht (less than £2.50). What we travelled in was far from it! Sweaty and cramped were more my kind of thoughts. After two hours with snoring ladyboys, and smelly feet, we were quite glad to disembark the 'luxury' bus.We got dropped off along the main beach front, and having asked many people where our hotel was, with no luck, we did eventually stumble across it. We s...

Let the journey begin....Thursday 20th November was the start of our adventure. We said some emotional farewells, and took our flight to Bangkok via Deli. We arrived at 7pm in Bangkok, took a taxi to our swanky hotel in Lumphini, and wondered out to find something small to eat. We took a risk, and went for a pork satay on the street - seemed to go down well! With the jet lag, Saturday morning took me a lot of effort to get out of bed! Chris however, was up and bu...