Sunday 4 November 2007

We've arrived!!

Firstly, how are we?

Right then, we arrived on Friday after 21 hours travelling (including 3 hours to do the '40 minute journey' from the airport in to Bangkok centre!). Checked in to our prison cell (sorry, hostel) and realised that this room ain't big enough for two. But there's two of us so we're managing so far!

Went out on Friday night to see what Bangkok has to offer, and had a drink in a bar which had a thai kick boxing match going off in the middle! A bit weird having a drink seeing two blokes beat the life out of each other. (Unless you go for a drink in Sheffield on a matchday...)




We were thoroughly disgusted at the combination of beer and fighting. We're going back there tonight. Me vs Matt. Winner gets the prison cell to himself for the night.

At night the streets are full of market stalls selling everything from girls to tazer guns, and the odd elephant too. Everywhere you turn, the sound of 'tuk-tuk' rings out from local drivers wanting to take you 'anywhere for 30 baht' (about 50p!).


Today we've been on the skytrain, which is basically a big monorail through the city. Matt's been loving the heights and has now managed to walk up 4 steps.

There's a few dodgy characters around, and it's not uncommon to see a middle aged Western man with a young Thai boy. A bit disturbing to see at first, but it's obvious this city is run on the sex industry.

It's very warm, around 30 degrees at midnight, even hotter during the day. We're going to the Holiday Inn this afternoon to pretend we're staying there and to have a swim on the 6th floor outdoor pool!! There's even a tennis court up there too.

Tomorrow we're off to a floating market (we'll explain next time!), and then off to see tigers and elephants!! That's about it for now, speak to you soon x

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