Today began with a walk along the main shopping street which was packed with bargains. We were very good and bought nothing as our bags are just too heavy for any more stuff! We stopped for a couple of minutes on a bench to read our guidebook when a local teacher came and sat between us telling us all about the highlights of Bangkok. He was very energetic and friendly, taking our guidebook and marking all the hotspots with his pen before flagging down a tuk tuk a...

Hi everyone! Today we arrived in Bangkok at about 4pm. Our travels began with a bit too much stress for our liking, as my (Sarah's) bag didn't turn up at the airport. It was only when another lone bag exactly the same as mine was going round and round the belt that we realised Mr Murphy had picked up the wrong bag! After phoning Mr Murphy who was very apologetic and waiting for an hour for him to return in his taxi with the bag we finally got in a taxi to a rando...