Sathorn Vista, Bangkok - Marriott Executive Apartments

... walk to get my bearings and soak up some atmosphere.<br>(Whole) Day 1:<br>After scratching and creaming my impressive collection of mozzie bites, I went for an early morning walk back to Khao San road to see how different it was in the morning. Whoa, very different. Much quieter, and the millions of stalls of last night had all but disappeared. The touts were now a bunch of Indians trying to get me into a suit shop (and still Tuk-Tuk drivers), usually starting their repertoir ...

... br>Train left at around 7:30 so i had some time to kill walked around tried to get rid of my Nepalese rupies(Nepalese money) but the country is so poor not even Thailand would take them and exchange them... once again Nepal. im walking down the street and saw a friend that i meet traveling in Bangkok a month earlier just strolling down the street. Really random that i ran into him. It was his last day in Bangkok and had to fly ...

... people here at a cost of just under 2 pounds. The journey varies accdording to the traffic. <br><br>The choice of hostels hotels is enormous, in addition to the 'support service' such as massage etc. Lots of Budda temples and other places of interest.One place is the Queen's Gallery where there is currently an exhibition of painting and wildlife photography. Well worth the 50p. <br><br>Impressions of Thailand are very favourable

... the boot and crush my bag into a space which it clearly wasn't going to fit in!! He then hustled us into the van pushing Pete in first but I wasn't going to let him shove me about so told him to back off and I climbed in myself!! He then seemed even more in a rush and promptly reversed into a concrete street light ans creased the back of the van and smashed out the back window .Ooops!! 20 mins later another van came by and we were finally off ...

... by three sets of schoolkids with English projects asking us questions about our stay in Bangkok - they are so polite and obviosuly nervous that we couldnt say no. Smithy smacked his head on the only low door in the whole of Bangkok, and then back for a shower and departure onto the Chiang Mai sleeper train. Chiang Mai is Thailand's second city, based much further North. The train is anywhere between 12 and fourteen hours. We hit 15 hours. Actually ...

... 2 night trek that was pretty fun. We went to a waterfall first which was cool and then we treked to the hot springs even though it was raining! The accommodation was pretty rough there was just a thin matress on the floor and a mosquito net. But the girls (and one guy) we met on the trek were awesome! And the food our guide 'Rambo' cooked for us was amazing! The next day we went on an elephant ride - having to stand on its head to get on it was an experience. We ...

... that he is such a hands on King and very multi talented! It had photos of him playing different instruments, meeting various celebrities and other royalty, getting out there with the people and working on projects as well as showing off some of his artwork and photos. The next room was a room dedicated to parasites and included preserved worms of varying kinds and horrifying photos of the damage they can do to the human body ...

... on them. (Wipes my forehead with the back of the hand and says phew!) During calendar we sing three different songs: one on days of the week, months of the year, and counting by 10s. This week, my lovely three have created a "rock band" for when we sing these songs. Christin is the lead guitarist, Bi is the lead singer, and Green is our utility player with flute, piano and drums. It was hysterical. You can see for yourself in the ...

... course Tang felt like she had to help out her old buddy, so started going back and forth while I tried to explain that you can&#8217;t do that at immigration check points. Finally I convinced her that we had to leave. The other lady created her problem and she&#8217;ll have to deal with it. I&#8217;m sure they figured something out. Little did I know that my Immigration problems had just begun.

... The restaurant looked nice but the food was not so great. After eating i walked over to the Honey Hotel and they now had rooms available. I got a room there and checked out of the other hotel. I then took the Skytrain to use the internet and wait for P. When she arrived at 1:30pm we walked over to MBK to eat lunch at a Japanese style place. Afterwards we headed over to Thammasat University where we had some coffee and talked. P suggested I go ...