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Bangkok
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We flew from Hanoi to Bangkok. They charged us $14 for a crappy Airport tax in Hanoi,only seems to happen in Asian airports, but its a pain because no one tells you about it until you get to the immigration checks and you have to go all the way back to pay it.
Anyway, Bangkok definately wasn't as bonkers as we thought it would be. It's madder than Dublin alright but it hasn't got a patch on Hanoi traffic. Crossing the road was a breeze compared to Hanoi.
Our hotel (Sukhumvit 11) was nicely located next to the Sky Train so we can zip anywhere in the city fairy quickly. We popped over to the night market one evening and scoured round the stalls looking for cheap deals on designer imitations. Great fun bargaining them down, they always start at a ridiculously high price and you can always get them down to a ridiculously low one. They're pretty good imitations too you'd never know.
The market is right in the heart of the Red Light district with ladys girating on poles behind you while you bargain down the price of your Chanel sunglasses. It's absolutely blatant. Blokes kept running up to Vinnie offering a choice of ladys, drugs, ladys with drugs, sex shows, pussy ping pong (I'll leave that one to your imagination) and anything else that may or may not tickle your fancy, even guys!! All this right in front of me as if I wasn't there. Mad stuff. But Bangkok is not all like this only this small area which you could easily avoid.
But apart from that aspect of Bangkok the rest is really nice. We went to what was possibly the coolest cinema in the universe to see War of The Worlds on its opening night. You get a big comfy Lay Z Boy style chair with built in massage, a blanket, socks, and a free drink and snack. Very plush, shame about the movie though. Started off promising but went downhill about 20 minutes from the end.
Just a short 3 day stop in Bangkok before we head to Cambodia. We decided it would be ok to go there, we weren't sure before after the western kids were held hostage there a few weeks ago but it was apparently an isolated incident. We got our visas in Bangkok too because you can end up having to pay over the odds to corrupt officials at the border.
Not too much touristy stuff this time around. We're saving it for when we come back to Bangkok in a few days.
Where I stayed:
Sukhumvit 11
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