Today was unimaginably hot! This was discovered when we left our air-conditioned room and both our glasses steamed up from the sheer wall of heat! As we walked towards the Grand Palace, we were approached by a friendly fella by the name of Chaing (the guru). Now Chaing loved to talk (a common trait amongst Thai's) and, unprovoked, he planned our day for us; drawing on our map and helping us with our Thai pronounciation. Taking heed of the guru's advice, we bec...

After saying goodbye and a quite legendary 11 hour flight (Quantas are heroes), we were greeted in sunny Bangkok airport by a host of over-eager fraud merchants wanting to rip us off as much as they could.? Much to Dan's displeasure, J managed to convince him to not to hitch a lift with a Thai ladyboy, but to get a taxi for an eighth of the price.? The journey to central Bangkok was highly interesting.??We must state that a large proportion of it was spent lo...