The next morning we set off for a short walk to the Imperial Palace and Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha). It was also the second Buddha Day and a public holiday - the streets around the temple were heaving. We squeezed through the crowds, of mostly Japanese tourists who wield their sun umbrellas at eye level with amazing accuracy. Inside the temple temple grounds the crush of the crowds and din of the traffic subsided and we felt relieved to have m...

Bangkok, by Nige. Landed in our little prop plane at Bangkok, there we met our friend Annie (who was joining us in Thailand for a week) after a little searching through the domestic terminal. Annie had just arrived from a late night flight from Australia and was very tired but eager to see bangkok and its markets. We caught the bus into town because we didn't want the hassle of trying to negotiate a fair tariff with a Taxi driver. As it turned out the bus...