Crazy Bangkok

01.03.2008 to 06.03.2008

So here we go again....Bangkok....the crazy capital city of Thailand. We got there at around 20:30 and shot off to find a guesthouse. We got lucky with our third try and got a room at Green Guest House for 240 Baht. Our room was on the third floor, we dragged our bodies (together with our backpacks) up the stairs, turned the key, put on the lights and fan, threw our backpacks away and collapsed on the 'stone' mattresses.... it was heaven!

We decided to take a shower and hit off to Khoa San road and straight to Burger King....we needed the energy which only a cow can give you...

Khoa San Road was as usual....a circus...with no tent. People from different countries, different religions, different cultures. Every type of style or no style you can find it there....short hair, long hair, shaved, dread locks, braids, brown, black, orange, blue, yellow, magneta...name it...you get it there...

During the six days we spent in Bangkok we got together with some of our Maltese friends....Carm, Lee and Kaiah and Ska. We spent most of the first day at Chatuchak Market...true to what we were told this market is huge...a labyrinth full of any type of stalls....food, fruit, drinks, clothes, plants, household goods, white goods, animals, reptiles, leather goods and so on. Though very nice to see, it became exhausting after some hours and we decided to get back at our guesthouses.

In the evening we went our for a beer but Lee and Kaiah did not join. We were surprised to find out that alcohol was not being sold given it was election days....we were quite upset about this as we were dying to have a nice, cold beer. After some hunting we managed to smuggle a couple of beers from a nice lady and drank them in a dark alley to avoid police (bear in mind it was election day so alchohol was illegal that night).

The following day Ska left to see some temples and the others went to the island of Koh Samet.

The rest of our days were spent in shopping for essential things, including one whole day at the Pantip Plaza (IT Superstore). Janet got some attachments for her camera and we ended up purchasing a portable DVD player....we were so excited about it!!! We also bought a considerable number of DVDs including Season 2 of Prison Break. As anyone can imagine we spent the rest of the evening watching DVDs....including the rest of our stay in Bangkok.

Yakof bought his fire staff at last...he had been wishing to get one for ages...and he got an hour worth of free lessons included in the price. Janet bought another set of poi so she could learn the moves more easily.

After a lot of thought we decided not to go to Koh Samet or any other island but to settle for a month in Rayong, specifically at Had Mae Rampeung Beach, three hours or so away from Bangkok.

We treated ourselves with some divine massages before leaving to be fully restored after Cambodia. Finally we....booked our flights for India...we are leaving on the 8th April...

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