Well my time in Thailand is almost up-I fly back to Bangkok this afternoon and then out to Colombo, Sri Lanka tonight. The past week has flown by . I took the train up to Chiang Mai from Bangkok on Sunday. To be honest I was pleased to leave Bangkok. I found the city too big with the worst traffic problems I have ever seen!! It took me over an hour on Saturday to get to my hotel from one of the shopping malls-a distance of only a couple of kilometres! I would hav...

well I've made it Bangkok-not my first time in Asia but it is my first time in Thailand. There are similarities with other cities I've visited in Asia-lots of noise, traffic and pollution. But there are good things too-friendly people, warm weather and colourful street stalls. I got to Bangkok early yesterday morning and spent most of my day in my hotel room as I was feeling a bit jet-lagged coming from Germany and not getting much sleep on the plane. ...