Welcome to Bangkok

OK, so the first day we got the obligatory Thai Massage (not the happy ending kind) the "crack every bone in your body" kind. 1 hour of pain which translates to floating out of the place on cloud 9. we rested a bit and headed out to the strip for some delicious Thai food and then onto have a few cocktails and Chang beers 1.60 Euro a Pint bottle seemed a good price. The Thai street food is just as amazing as I remember and as you can see from the waterfall running down my face it's still as spicy.

The streets were alive with buskers and performers ranging from girls playing lady gaga on Thai instruments called Khim, to girls dressed as the evil girl from the horror movie "The Ring".



We met a  young couple from Colorado in a bar and had drinks with them while listening to Thai musicians singing classic hits. we got chatting with them as one of them was wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T-Shirt the same one I painted a few weeks prior, so I had to show them, turns out they where huge fans.

Quite a few beers in and the music stopped and a Thai beat boxer came on stage, the street opened up for 6 random Thai's break dancing for our entertainment while a young lad went around collecting tips which we where happy to oblige, "Welcome to Bangkok" were any crazy spontaneous things can happen and we love it for that.

Laid back cat

So far we have renewed our love for Thailand and Thai people, the laid back attitude and their  friendly outgoing ways are like no other country I've visited, sure even the cats are laid back.

One Night In Bangkok

 We arrived at the Airport at 7am in the morning and walked around like lost puppies trying to decide how to get to Khao San Rd. (we have to add Stephen and I are not very good in making final decisions, we definitely have to get better at it). We bit the bullet and ended up taking a cab. Note to yourself: try to haggle and don't just pay the 500 THB as requested. If you really want to go cheap you can get the local buses and you probably end up only paying about 50 THB, but you will have to get 3 different buses. On arrival at Khao San Rd. we decided to stay on the less crazy Rambuttri Rd. which is a lot more built up from the last time we were here but none the less a lot less bonkers then Khao San.

I've got to admit you will still get the odd Thai harassing you for a Tuk Tuk or to buy something but nothing like the circus that is Khao San.

We asked in the "New my guest house" for a room but after being shown a room that made me gag from the stink (I'm talking used nappy after Indian food stink) we went next door.

We stayed at a place called the Merry V Guest House, decided to go for a double room with fan which cost us 450 baht. I know we could have gotten a cheaper room somewhere but were too tired by that time.

Here is a 360 degree view of our room. Not much to look at but for 12 Euro a night, you can't go wrong.

Here is a 360 degree view of our room. Not much to look at but for 12 Euro a night, you can't go wrong.