21 MayAfter sleeping on one of our top 10 mattresses of the past 45 days we start with some admin, we have washing to sort and hand in as well as cleaning our hiking shoes which we postponed for quite a while. After that we headed for the bridge of the river Kwai. This historic sight was where American and other foreign POW's were sent by the Japanese to work in labour camps mostly to construct the bridge over the river Kwai and the Hellfire pass which would late...

20 MayUp at 07h30, we packed the last few things, grabbed the suit and headed for a taxi, along the way we met our old driver. Initially we thought this was to our advantage but he informed every driver we asked to take us to TIT how long he had waited for us, in the end we took a taxi with a meter just to get away. Leannne got quite worked up about the fact that we had paid the driver extra the day before because he had taken us around the whole day, and now tod...

19 MayUp later than we anticipated, we headed to the busstop to go to the Grand palace and emerald Buddha Temple. Paying an excessive fee we gained access to the jewel of Bangkok. The Palace built by King Rama 1 in 1782 houses the royal residence, government buildings and a variety of temples and shrines. It covers an area of 218 000 m squared and is enclosed by four walls 1900 m in length. The temples are decorated with mother of pearl, paintings along the walls...

18 MayHaving had a late night the evening before we slept in till 10h30 after which we headed to MBK, a mall very popular with Thai students and also cheaper than many other shops who try to take advantage of unsuspecting foreigners. Taking the local bus we arrived there and did some windowshopping for around 3 hours before succumbing and buying two jackets with detachable inner fleece and waterproof jacket outer and some souvenirs. From here we made our way bac...

17 MayWe arrived in Bangkok at 09h00 and walked to the first guesthouse we could find, we bargained for a price and headed out to the city.We had not even crossed the street when a very nice lady stopped us and showed us where to go on our map. She informed us that today was a Buddha holiday and there were special government tuk tuks (usually excessively expensive) that were only 10 Baht for the day, this was as cheap as they come considering two blocks with them...