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Bangkok, Thailand
FRIDAY 12 JUNE
BANGKOK
ARRIVED BACK IN BANGKOK TONIGHT-VERY LONG DAY.ATE AT USUAL STREETCART NEAR KHAOSAN RD-SUPERB-AND CHEAP.BACK IN VIENGTAI HOTEL AND GOT BETTER (AND QUIETER) ROOM THIS TIME.
SATURDAY 13 JUNE
HAD OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF A PUBLIC BANGKOK BUS.I THOUGHT THE STANDARD OF DRIVING IN THAILAND MUST OF GOT BETTER THAN MY LAST VISIT 15 YEARS AGO-HOW WRONG I WAS! THE DRIVER,AN ELDERLY MAN DRIVING BAREFOOT,WEARING DARK GLASSES AND SMOKING(POSSIBLY WEED...