Today we had a bit of a lie in, but we could have slept for many more hours. We checked out of the hotel, left our bags there, and went to the national museum. We saw the most amazing funeral carts, covered in gold and towering above us. There was a huge room dedicated to the princess, and lots of pottery and buddhas. And pictures of the king, of course. They are everywhere. There was a room full of ivory tusks, some of which had detailed carvings. There was a ro...

We woke up at 6 after very little sleep (compared to how much we wanted) because we were being picked up at 7 - we had booked a trip to see the floating markets. After some difficulty getting the right minibus, due to the complete lack of organisation, we began a very scary journey out of Bangkok. No one in bangkok seems to have a sense of road safety - lanes, seatbelts, speed limits and indicating don't seem to exist. When we arrived at the floating market, ale...

Hey everyone So we woke up after not much sleep and went down for our breakfast. Christina had tea (which alex has taken from the hotel), but we both had powdered milk. The heat was already unbearable. Our first encounter was with a friendly thai man... Who informed us that it was a buddhist holiday and got us a tuk tuk guide around the city, for 10 baht (20p) each. He was insistent on taking us to places we weren't that keen on going to (tailor shop) but we en...

Hey everyone We're now in Bangkok! Finally! We left Heathrow at about 11am GMT yesterday (after a few more delays) and after a flight of eating, more eating and very little sleep (Christina watched 3 films) we arrived in Bangkok at about 4am. After looking around for a while trying to get our bearings and spending 15 minutes attempting to use a pay phone (and failing), we decided to go to the hostel. We stepped outside and were hit by a wave of humid heat. This...