A little exploring in Bangkok

For our second day in Bangkok we decided to look a bit further afield and so took the Skytrain over to Sukhumvit. The skytrain is pretty good, simple to use, clean and prompt. Unfortunately it doesn't go where we need to be today so we're intending to look at the canal taxis and have a trip over to the Khao San Road area where our next hotel is.

Sukhumvit wasn't a lot different from here but we did find a nice park and sat for a while watching the terrapins popping their heads above the lake and disappearing again. We're weren't surprised as it was still very hot and humid.

The street traders were still there in abundance, there seem to be more people here selling things than could possibly buy and there isn't much you can't get. The purses, watches and DVDs here are particularly cheap, we sometimes wonder if they're genuine. They must be...

Due to an intended restaurant not actually existing, we ended up back at the hotel for food last night which turned out to be a bit expensive, almost 5 quid for a 3 course meal. Shocking. Sarcasm aside, considering you can eat a full meal for about 60p we still feel a bit ripped off.

Today we'll check out of our posh hotel and begin the organised trip down the Singapore. Tonight is in Bangkok still, and then it's to a floating market tomorrow before getting on a night train over to the bridge over the river Kwai. We suspect our accomodation will be on a downhill slide from now on so it'll be lizard/insect and mosquito dodging from tomorrow onwards. We've no idea when we'll be able to get on the net again but it shouldn't be more than a few days.

Kev needs to wash his pants soon as he's running out. Charlotte brought enough for the year.

Ta ta for now.