BaanNum Guesthouse
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Day 1 - Palaces and Ping-pong shows
... barter the poor driver down to 100 baht (£2) and after 30 minutes we still weren't home! We felt pretty sorry for him so tipped him an extra 20 baht (40 p) which he loved. We later found out we had been royally ripped off but its all part if the fun! Myself and Harriet had a quick swim in the hotel pool where we met Ian from Canada who happened to be on our tour. The pool was ok, not too cold but smelled of dead dog but we didn't care! We met the rest of our tour group ...
Goodbye Bangkok
... my cup of tea. From there we headed back to our hotel for a siesta and freshen up before heading out for our last meal in this city. We were treated to an awesome lightning storm from our window seat in the restaurant on the 6th floor. After some last minute shopping we headed back to the hotel to pack and wait for our car to arrive to take us,to the airport We have now been in the air for 11 hours and are somewhere between ...
Reunion
I've just made it to the hotel and after weeks of living in the occasional **** hole it's nice to be in a place where I won't be concerned about ants in my bed or making sure I have something on my feet. I promised the guys I would go meet them for lunch, so it's a quick turn around, as low and behold there are two Luxx hotels in Bangkok and we went to the wrong one. After being handed some information from the hotel I was on the road again. What a complete nightmare ...
CIVILISATION
... from the first time we were in Bangkok!
We headed into the city to our chosen hotel. Our hotel was in the business district as opposed to the Khao Saan Road backpacker area. As we headed into the area it actually felt like we were in a different city compared to the first time - big sky scapers, very modern - felt more like New York. Our hotel was AMAZING. The bellboys greeted us and carried our backpacks (nearly fell over in the process - made us feel STRONG). There was someone ...
My Fellow Travellers!
... Australia, see more of Asia, America etc.
Anika and Marion - German girls in their 20s
Kerry and Michelle - in their 30s from Nottingham
Lauren and Katalina - Australian sisters
Hope and Olly - English couple in their 20s
Through Vietnam 2 more people have joined us -
Andy - guy from Stoke in his 20s
Mirim - 18 yr old girl from the Netherlands
It was so surprising how well we all seemed to ...
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