South East Asia

Hello and welcome all to Bangkok, the busiest city I have ever been to! As I type this Im sitting in a hot internet room adjacent to our hostel- as you read you probably in an office doing shit work! Soz!

We arrived on Tuesday fine, after the trauma of nearly losing my passport at Heathrow (!). We got a taxi from the airport but I really needed a piss all the way- was literaly holding back the floodgates. When we got to the top of Ko San Road i lep out faster than you can say pissflaps, and ran to the nearest Subway to relieve! I love big corporations! We looked for a hostel, but like poor Mary and Joseph found in Bethlehem, they were all full. We ended up finding the proverbial shithole above a nightclub, costing 100 baht a night (about 1.50pounds) and consisted of a bed in a box with a fan. I had the matress. It was ok though cus we were so tired and could have slept anywhere!

The first proper day we found another hostel which is much nicer, and then traped off around the city. We hired a tut tut (a small open taxzi thing) with the craziest Bob Marley lookalike driver ever- forever driving on the wrong side of the road- worse than my driving out of butt lane even!!! Our first sight was a buddha temple with a massive 40metre buddha standing tall- except as I declared Im gonna become a buddhist a bird shat on my back- I think that is fate and so have decided to become a Jew instead!!! We also went to a Thai monks school where we spoke to the History teacher and he told us al the good stuff to do- it was a fascinating chat!!

We had our firstnight out on the razzle dazzle last night, where we ended up getting hammered, trying the local cigarres. Bangkok is a briliant city but justa bit hectic for my chilledness! Weve been to the grand palalce today and up the river on a boat tour- wickedy!

Also tried the local cuisine eating phadthai with shrips and other fishy crap- was lovely. Micky also took a bit of a shine to the Thai waiter, who was more camp than a row of pink tents!!!

Anyway, we're off to have a meal and a chilled one tonight- gonna head North tomorrow and escape the fury of Bangkok- it literaly is Manic Streets (Preachers!) Only 10 months and 7 days till Im home!!!

Hope everyone is good and healthy back home?

Jonny