We had a nice early start today getting up and out by 6.45a.m. as we had a morning tour to the floating market booked. The tour company picked us up from our hotel and after an hour and a half drive in a minibus we arrived near Damnern Saduak Floating Market just outside of Bangkok. To get to the floating market we had to jump in a long tailed speed boat. We paid 150baht (£3) each to go in a normal paddle boat up and down the market stalls lining the canal....

After breakfast this morning we headed to Chatuchak market, the largest market in Thailand with more than 8,000 stalls. You can buy anything there from tiny bunnies dressed in costumes to size 10XL t-shirts to crocodile skin. It took us over three hours to explore a decent amount of the market, and although the puppies and kittens were very tempting, we just settled for a few souvenirs. There was a stall cooking fresh prawns the size your hands, so we tried the d...

This morning we woke up at 7.30 am and headed downstairs for breakfast. Our hotel is right on Lamphu canal and fresh filter coffee is served to you at tables outside. We're definitely going to miss the luxury of this hotel when we move on. After breakfast, we did our first chore since being away! A pile of washing had accumulated so, using our travel rubber plug for the sink and travel wash, we hand washed our clothes and hung them out on our travel lines on ...

And we're already at the end of our third day in Bangkok. We've learnt a lot since being here - taxis are cheaper and easier than tuk-tuks, covering up before you enter a temple goes a long way, and that you can always get a tasty main meal for under 50baht (£1). We started today at Wat Pho, which is home to the Reclining Buddha. It was unbelievably huge and represents the Buddha passing into Nirvana. After a trek around the local area looking for the port...

Today we had a buffet breakfast at our hotel which was yum - pancakes, bacon, eggs - the lot. We set out for the day and thought we were doing well until we fell into the trap. What looked like a government man approached us when we were looking at our map and said in celebration of the King's birthday, the government is supporting tourism and a tuk-tuk will take you around the temples for 20 baht for 3 hours (with a lot more spiel than this). He flagged down ...