...Wat Pho. Thai Massage. Bye bye Bangkok... Its my last day in Thailand and although I've become used to Bangkok now and my surroundings I'm quite pleased to be moving on and the prospects of something new. Its a gorgeous sunny day and I make my way down to Wat Pho the reclining Buddha. Was having a lovely walk there until I start getting harassed by the lying cheating tuk tuk drivers once again trying to claim its Buddhist day. Its just takes the edge off of...

...Thai Cooking Class. Chatachuk Weekend Market... Had a true taste of Thailand this morning when I attended the Silom Thai Cooking School. It was absolutely brilliant and I had great tuition as there was only one other student, Gino. We started off visiting the Silom Market where our teacher Mr Nu C showed us around teaching us about the produce and ingredients we were going to use plus others used in Thai cooking. Afterwards we went to his open air kitchen a...

...Kanchanaburi Tour: War memorial. JEATH Museum. Bridge over the River Kwai. Elephant Trek. Soi Yok Noi waterfall. Tiger Temple... What an amazing day. I wanted to do something memorable today as it would have been my nan's 75th birthday, plus its the 07/07/07. Went on a trip to Kanchanaburi and besides the complete mayhem of the lack of organisation and uncertainty of the guides about who was meant to be going where it was absolutely brilliant. First stop wa...

...Grand Palace. National Museum. Headed off to the Grand Palace this morning. Had a really nice walk there from my hotel. Was brilliant as I got a better idea on what real Thai life was like as I went down a non-tourist street and through the University. Was so nice to not get harassed by sellers or tuk tuk drivers. When I got to the Palace someone tried to scam me by saying it was closed until 1pm for Buddhist Day and that in the meantime he could take me t...

...Back in Bangkok. Bhiman Inn in Banlamphu. Night time swim... Landed back in Bangkok at midday and headed for the Koh San Road. God that place is a sh*t hole and really can't stay there again. Had an absolute mission traipsing up and down trying to find somewhere and getting a tuk tuk from Koh San to Siam and back again but finally found a really nice boutique place called the Bhiman Inn in Banglamphu. Its lovely and the staff are really friendly and helpful...