I had to change rooms this morning and the new room is on the 4th floor so that means up and down the stairs all day. I was going to post a pic of the room but if you are in the room you cant get a pic, there just isn't enough space. I have to come down to the lobby to do these blogs cos there isn't enough room to put my legs over the side of the bed. There is a bed and 4 walls.
So this morning, while I was waiting to swap rooms, I went for a walk up Sukhumvit Rd. There was a pretty cool park up the road but not much else to look at.
This afternoon I decided to go and look around China town and Patpong. I managed to change from the BTS to the MRT. The BTS is all above ground train and the MRT is all underground train. The train system here is not the best I have been on but it is fairly easy to navigate, often having 2 or 3 changes. The end of the line at Hua Lamphong is where I wanted to go so it was easy with just 2 changes. It is a pretty dodgy part of town and old and grubby but that is just the kind of place I like. This place would have been THE place in its day. It just looks like that kind of place. Of course there are dodgy back lanes all over the place with little markets and I couldn't help myself. I already have 2 new shirts, a hat and a watch.
In the area is a couple of Buddhist temples so I stuck my head in and had a bit of a look. Wat Traimitra is the biggest so I stopped in there. I didn't do my usual and tag along on the back of a tourist group and I actually bought a ticket. 40baht ($1.30) and no one asked to see it. What's going on here? They seem to let just about anyone in. The Buddha is 5 1/2 ton of solid gold and the place is from the 13th century. Behind the Buddha was a bowl of water bottles with a sign and I wasn't sure if it meant to take one or give one, then I saw a big stack of bottles sitting outside and decided Buddha wanted me to have one cos I was very thirsty. I looked around some more of the dodgy back streets of China town but I could smell poo a lot.
I headed back towards Lumphini park. It was named after the birth place of Buddha in Nepal (I have been there) and is supposed to be a haven of greenery in the middle of the city. When I got there there were lots of tents and marque's and I thought there was some kind of festival happening. After I walked around for a while I realized it was protesters. These ******* have been protesting for years now and have set up a tent city in the park. I got out of there in case the government decided to do something about them.
I headed to Patpong..Home of the original ping pong show and more girly bars and lady boys than you can poke a stick at. I was very early and they were still setting up but the pims didn't miss me. I was offered boom boom massage, happy hour (I assume happy ending at happy hour) and one bloke even offered to pay me for one hour.
My feet were sore, Im tired and it was raining so I came home and I might go back tomorrow after I pick up my Myanmar visa.

It is hard to pre book hotels in Myanmar cos they don't have email but I have been trying to book my first night in Yangon cos I get in at 5.30 and don't want to be searching at that time. I just got a reply and they are full. I hear that is common in Myanmar, hotels being full, could be fun.