<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 7 June We were up early, first we needed to make copies of all our photos and video on DVD's to post. It had been raining the whole evening and most of the morning, but we were able to borrow an additional umbrella from our host as we walked down the street with our bags. We arrived at the post office and proceeded to weigh everything, if its just over a specific kg you pay for an add...

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...