Sawasdee

Hello all (sawasdee in thai), after 2 flights and a taxi ride we have FINALLY arrived in Bangkok. Well, we arrived yesterday morning at around 8am and have slept and ate ever since. Not much more. The flights were alright, we ended up in Mumbai for 2 hours where lots of indian men kept taking photos of us in the airport (started to get a tad annoying). Felt like Lady Gaga from the paparazzi video! Also, our "hotel" is not as it seemed on the website. I mean, for 10quid a night it's what you'd expect really, but the photos on the website lied! Anyway, I will upload some photos asap, if i can find my camera cable that is. I've got a strong feeling I left it at home, which means I won't be able to upload until I get back. Big bummer.

Bangkok is insane. Very very busy, lots of westeners, on Kho San Road people will try and sell you anything, clothes, jewellery, shoes (mum you'd love it), even english university degrees. I could have just got one here! We spent last night in a rooftop bar that had a bloke doing open mike with his guitar. He spent most of the time singing Kings of Leon covers and that kind of thing. Very chilled. Today we slept a lot and now we're going to go to the Chinese embassy and sort out visas before visiting a few temples and booking a bus to take us to the islands tomorrow. It should take about 10 hours but costs nothing so is the best option. Will update again when we get down south.

P.s It's also raining. If it wasn't for the heat I'd think we'd never left the Uk!