Okey dokey peeps I guess I'd better tell you all about the Bangkok social ebent of the year. MANDY'S BIRTHDAY! We got up and opened cards over breakfast (prompting Mandy to cry in her cornflakes) and Kimberley gave her a new top and a friendship band that matched hers (ahhhh) and then it became blatantly apparent that I had failed miserably to provide either a card or a present. Apparently back in the Treehouse in Koh Chang Mand had picked up a necklace and ...

Okey dokey peeps. We got back in to Bangkok on the evening of the 4th July and one of the first people we see is a guy called Mikkel who we'd met in the Treehouse in Koh Chang which was a bit strange but hey these things happen. After finding lodgings and going out for an Indian, we headed for Khaosan Road (KSR), the 'heart of backpacker land' in Bangkok. I was expecting Soi Cowboy on a grander scale and Mandy was expecting that scene out of The Beach with...

Righty ho, Bangkok part 2. Sorry about the rather abrupt end to the last post card, but we had Kimberley and Emett's bank cards and had to rush off. So, after eventually recovering from our hangovers we decided we should at least see a bit of culture while we were here. We picked out 3 sights we really wanted to see and 9 in the morning saw us heading for the Metro full of the joys of Spring and bouncing like bunnies. We got to the our stop and jum...

Okey dokey peeps, thought it was about time we filled you in on our first week. Managed about 6 hours sleep on the plane in between some of the worst food imaginable (grey chicken microwaved in some kind of orange jelly. Dear god i can still taste it!). Got a taxi from the airport to the Grand Hotel and got our first taste of Bangkok traffic. Jesus Christ. These people are off their trolleys. Imagine 5 lanes of traffic all driving like me. Weaving in and out of...