Day 5 - Trip out of Bangkok Today we got off to a dodgy start... Or at least I did ( Simon ). I woke up feeling ropey as hell and had gone to bed with a sore throat... Combined with " The Pillow " I was far from feeling my best.... Having had only a few hours sleep all night. I mainly sat around what you could describe as our hostel lobby come dinning area... Its an open air courtyard set back from the Main Street which gives us a really nice little heaven of pi...

Day 4 today started with a more gental start than yesterday... we got up late after our busy day yesterday and have been booked on another tour. we got collected by two thia girls on bikes and were wisked off to our awaiting minibus for a tour to another floating market, a train line market and finally a firefly boat tour. First stop was the railway markets.... This was "ok" at best and would be much better if the train was doing 100mph instead of around 15mp...

Day 3 Well our first day outside Bangkok on a free tour was a bit of a hell raiser.... firstly they forgot to collect us, so they sent out a skinny thia man on a scooter for us both..... Yes, us bot., All three of us tested the power and will of a scooter through Bangkok first thing in the morning... We then had the Stigs Thia mental couisen drive us at warp speed in a minibus to some floating market which were really nice.... the sort of place you most probabl...

Day 2 - Well both flights went well, the hotel is ok, very basic, we havent done too much exploring as yet, but we have done a lot of planning and booking for the next few stages of our trip in Thailand and Laos, so it feels like we have a good plan in place, with lots of exciting things to look forward too. We did visit the golden mount today, which was lovely, there is also a massive festival on at the moment, to celebrate the King, so the streets are packed! ...