Cha-Da Bangkok

... lump", I'd liked to have added)". <br>I paid no more, and decided it was time to get the f*ck out of there, as a woman with a disconcertingly low voice and large face spoke in my ear "I have room near, I suck we f*ck, yeah??". <br>Then another woman tried to charge us 100 baht again for the same show, not 2 minutes later! I was more tempted to pay 100 baht to get them to stop 'performing'. We left this utter sh*thole, me having paid 400 baht, Ron 300 baht and Paul a whopping ...

... Central"), drowned a few beers with a girl I had met on the bus to town to celebrate our arrival in Bangkok and shared a ****** room with her. After a good night sleep we explored the area a bit and decided for a hostel on Soi Rambutri - little off the main buzz, nicer, more relaxed and cheaper. After having spent the first day with an endless journey through the whole of Bangkok to the immigration bureau to extend our visas because we both only got stamped 28 days, I ...

... I had good chicken in yellow curry and coconut milk with rice which cost 85B and the coke was 15B. <br><br>As breakfast is not included at the hotel I went out in search of a bakery to buy a pastry so that I can have breakfast in my room tomorrow morning but I coundn't find any so I ended up going to 7-eleven and bought a danish and yogourt.<br><br>While I was walking around and noticing once again how touristy the area is I decided I really don't much ...

... We then thought whilst in Bangkok that we should head to the red light district to see what this town is famous for.<br>You will have to ask me personally for the full details - as I have to keep this blog PG!<br>But there is a funny story to be told about this experience!<br>Next day we had a trip to the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha.<br>Our tour guide was a wealth of information - but as it was stinking hot and we all had to wear long ...

... which my Mother will try and steal on my return. It is great to see speak to people who can understand us and get a bit of the home comforts we have missed.<br><br>To add a bit of culture to our visit, we went to see the Grand Palace in Bangkok. I thought, as I have now been to Thailand 6 times, it was about time I made the effort to go to the Palace seeing as it is noted as the country's most important attraction. We walked from our hotel as it is not far and were accosted on the way by ...

... of money for the plants. After this we were back in our range rover, which is the first choice of transport here, the highlands have the most highly populated area for land rovers in the world, Guinness book of records stuff. Next we went to a tea plantation and saw how the tea is produced and had a scone with jam and some tea surprisingly whilst looking over the tea plantation, but what&#8217;s the point of a scone without clotted cream? On the way back to town we got dropped at a ...

... baby elephants; I could clearly tell that these "begging elephants" were not happy and that they were being used. They looked completely different from the happy and talented elephants we saw at the elephant camp in Chiang Mai. The sights- flashing neon signs to draw people into bars, the smells- of the food sold on the street, the sounds-of the loud music and vendors selling tattoo skins and toys...it was overwhelming. It was certainly different. On the other hand, very interesting. 

... enter the Palace grounds. <br><br>When I got to the ticket booth, I realized that I didn't have enough money to pay for the entry fee. Feeling a bit dejected, I turned to walk away, but was grabbed and stopped by a pair of young English girls. They volunteered to pay for my ticket and I accepted their generous offer with a big smile. Their names were Lauren and Alex, and the three of us toured around the expansive Palace grounds. <br><br>I got to ...

... thinking of mother's cooking or something dad wrote in an email. - we were on night patrol, raiding a house which was harbouring a suspected extremist. we stormed in the front door, moving room to room, when we saw two men run out the back. i sent several men after them, two back out the front to cut them off in the alley and checked the rest of the house, the duntroon trained warrior soul told me, flicking through the latest copy of ralph - and i came to the realisation that ...

... then we went to eat. Ahhhhhhh, the amazing street food on Thailand.<br><br>Fri Jul 7<br>Wake up around 6:15am, lounge around, and make my way downstairs for my free breakfast. I walked around the area, checked out a pet shop, then since my phone wasn't working, off to Pantip Plaza. I got there at 9:40am, but they didn't open until 10am. I had a root beer at A&amp;W, and after Pantip ...