Woke up late and missed brekkie so decided to check out of hostel and get on with the day. Didnt really want to see too much of Bangkok as we have 4 days here wen we start our Intrepid tour at the end of the month. Needed to get a bus down to Phuket as wed booked 6nites there from the 18th. We were going to leave on the 18th but found there was a nite bus leaving at 6pm which wud get us to phuket for 10am on the 18th. Only 10 pounds each so we agreed on that....

Got here last night after an 11 hour flight, ready to start our adventure. Had to get an airport bus to our hostel which took around 90mins as traffic was soooo bad. Finally got to hostel and checked in. Managed to carry rucksack up 4 flights of tiny winding stairs (with bens help of course) and discovered that the electric wasnt working in our room. Woman at reception didnt believe us so decided to try it herself-eventually she moved us to another room, ok, bu...