we left bangkok to head to pak chong (khao yai national park). this wasnt so straight forward as the bus terminal is out of town. had to catch a sky train and then get a taxi, who couldnt understand us and had to find someone to translate for us where we wanted to go! once at the bus station it took 3 attempts to find the right place to buy the tickets and found out that the next bus was leaving straight away, so was a bit of a mad rush! we were catching a 3rd cl...

day 3 today we decided to head back to the grand palace.. this time with no problems! we knew where we were going and we didnt even get hassled. the grand palace cost us 350b (just over 7 pounds) and was jaw droppingly beautiful. lots of ornate sparkling gold and jewelled buildings and giant statues. inside some of the buildings were paintings on the walls and large gold buddhas. really stunning. outside one building we used a flower to dip in a gold bowl and po...

day 2 after a nice long sleep (though kept waking up with dead arms from the hard mattress!) we headed downstairs for our complimentary breakfast of cereal, bread ( the toaster didnt work!) tea and coffee (some kind of strange herbal tea - yuck!) and got talking to 3 other english girls who were lovely. today we decided to head to the grand palace. we had to catch 2 sky trains (took us a little while to get the hang of the ticket system and different lines!) an...

hey everyone!! we made it in one piece! though completely exhausted! we have just spent the last 25 hours travelling from home to the hostel in bangkok. was tough going! the hostel is lovely, nice and quiet, friendly people and safe. our room in clean and there is a great rooftop lounge area with views over the city. we spent our first day chilling up there and trying to catch up on 2 days lost sleep! trying to adapt to the new climate - its very hot and sticky...