Day 3...the sun is shining and I've finally decided what to do! I leave Bangkok on Thurs, flying to Hanoi with two Australian girls. But for now I'm trying to enjoy Bangkok as much as possible whilst parts of the city are shut down. Yesterday nothing was open so we just went to a shopping mall out of town to keep us out if mischief! I experienced my first ride on a tuktuk which was eventful when the driver wanted to take us to one of the 'gem centres' which is on...

Wow what a day..(or days since I haven't properly slept since Friday night!) After a bit of a delay at Dubai because they had loaded the wrong bags onto the plane(!) I finally arrived in Bangkok to lots of talk of protests. I stood in the taxi queue and a German guy and girl behind me asked if I wanted to share a taxi into the city. Win - cheap taxi I thought. When I showed the lady the address of my hostel she pulled out a piece of paper which said due to the pr...