The alarm woke us up at 06:15 and i dragged myself out of bed, still half asleep and packed together my bits and bobs as we have to check out at 11:00am. Daniel got up after me and i reminded him that hr should pack his bag but then he said he would pay the 150baht extra for another half day in the room, so i could have had a few extra minutes sleep! We sat outside our hotel at 07:00 to wait to get picked up for our day trip and soon enough a thai man came asking...

I woke up after a very comfortable nights sleep with the soft breeze of the air conditioning keeping me cool. I had a shower and got my dirty laundry together to find a place where i can have it cleaned at a decent price. When we left the hotel we were immediately hit with the heavy heat and humidity of Bangkok. We hadn't experienced this heat for a while as it was reasonably cool in Hanoi. We walked up the road keeping an eye out for signs for laundry but didn't...

First day in Bangkok: We arrived at Bangkok at around 06:30 this morning. After a long flight with not much sleep we were eager to get a cab to drop off our backpacks so we could explore the city without having the weight of our luggage holding us down. It was easy to find a cab to drive us to khaosan road. It was around a half an hour drive and cost us 350 TB. HOWEVER, our taxi driver was a keen collector of foreign currency so we made a deal to give him £5 w...