Thursday 24 September 2009

Bangkok

We arrived in Bangkok that on Tuesday night. It felt completely different to our arrival in Delhi, with none of the confusion and chaos. We got a taxi and arrived at our hostel - very basic but clean, which is more that we can say for many of the places we stayed at in India.
We went for a beer and and a walk around and immediately got a good feel about the place.
Yesterday we had our first lie in since we left home and it was definately needed it. We went to the famous Khao San road. Rach tried out her bartering skills that she thought she'd mastered in India. The first few attempts she went in about a third of the price and got firm rejections with one guy telling her to 'Piss off!' After a change of strategy we managed to get a few bargains and went a bit over the top with the spending!
In the evening with met up with Jo Kuk and had a few drinks and dinner. She taught us a bit of Thai which after a few beers we were keen to try out on everyone. It was really great to catch up with her and tonight we are seeing her again as we're going to play netball. Well Rach is and Mark is going to have a foot massage and some beers! Mark is keen to play but is not allowed, by Rach!
Tomorrow we leave early to get our 5.55am train to take us to the Cambodian border. We've really enjoyed our short stop in Bangkok and are looking forward to coming back here in about a months time.
Hope all is good at home.
Lots of Love
Rach & Mark. xxx
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3 comments:

  1. Becky24 September 2009 at 08:53

    I really hope you don't play goal shooter rachel!!
    Glad to hear you got a good feeling for Bangkok, and you have got to love the bargains you can pick up in Khao San Road! Hope you bought yourselves some singha beer t-shirts!
    Good to hear you met up with Jo, say hello to her from me! Did you get a tiger beer tower?
    Looking forward to hearing from you in Cambodia!xxxx

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  2. Jen Poole24 September 2009 at 17:44

    Bex you are def number one fan!Glad you liked your first glimpses of Bangkok - so many people hate it at first... you are going to love Cambodia, can't wait for the updates!

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  3. mum x24 September 2009 at 18:40

    Hi guys.....just shows Bex has too much time on her hands....anyway, glad to get your news. Have fun at netball - I think GS would be good! Any tuktuk stories to share yet. I think more than one Singha will have been downed.....enjoy Cambodia. Talk soon,
    Loads of love xxx

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