Day 1- Bangkok 22 February 2549 (Thai year..?)

Oh yes!!! So we have arrived indeed!

 

Hot hot hot, yummy food, hot hot hot, amazing buildings, hot hot hot, cool people, hot hot hot!!!

Our flight felt like 2 weeks, but we've not really had any jet lag as we went to be a few hours after we arrived, which was lovely. found a cool hostel 3 mins away from koh san road, nice, clean and quiet. it'll be our base whenever in bangkok me thinks! not bad for 350 baht per night (5 quid for both of us).

 

Went to the Royal Palace today, damn they know how to make beautiful temples here! saw the emarald buddha in there, and it was sooo sparkly! then we wandered to see the reclining buddha, 15m heigh and 45 meters long. will have to get some pics in here for you! All this for less than 60p, for both of us.

 

Found a lovely little cafe this morning, Col had noodles and I had a pancake w fresh fruit. Slept through lunch (OK, so we're over the jet lag but after walking around all the temples we needed to lay on the bed under the fan for a while and happened to fall asleep! It's too hot!!!) Had a lovely dinner too, I had veg + noodles, the noodles tasted like pancake!!! Does everything taste like pancakes?? I need to investigate! Had the nicest fruit smoothie too, fresh mango..MMMmmmmm! Think I might have died and gone to heaven!!!!

 

Booked the bus and boat for an island retreat for the next few days - Koh Samet, it's just 4 hours south of Bangkok and we just feel like chilling out (melting away??!) on the beach for a few days!! Do some snorkelling and that jazz! Move as little as possible and eat everything that comes our way!!! Nothing wrong with that right?

 

Slipping off the keyboard so time to stop I think! Oh, did I tell you it's SO HOT here!!!??!