Soooo went to the grand palace yesterday, was boiling hot yet again. To get there we took a river taxi-now this shouldve taken us about 5 mins....but an hour and a half later we arrived at the relevant pier. the boat ride was like a secret passage a completely different world. the river was brown and dirty and there were small children washing in it and shacks on the side of the river made out of random bits of wood and corrugated iron and people were living in t...

Hey peeps, lauren here. Well bloody hell what can i say?!?!? Bangkok is manic! We've had an eventful first few das. the house and family we are staying with are really lovely so we've always got a safe haven to escape back to! The first day (yesterday) we ventured out after an immense lie in...major jet lag!....we got a bit scared by the people who all seemed to o woop as we walked past, very strange! Plus everywhere smells a bit funny! lol. anyway, man...