Bangkok 2nd Time Around

So we came back to Bangkok from Koh Tao this time by boat and overnight train. The train of course was an hour late, but the carriage was quite clean and the sleeper mattress was mega soft and clean which was a bonus for the train seemed to have no suspension that or the track had sleeping policeman to slow the train down. I have never been on a train that bumped so much, they also seemed to think that turning the lights off to go to sleep was for wimps, but with the wonders of ear plugs and eye masks, the train was no match for the travelzangs.



We hooked up in Bangkok with a friend, Carolin, our German Dutch-looking dive buddy who is vonderful. We have had a completely different experience in Bangkok this time as we decided to stay in the centre of town on "shopping street" in a lovely hostel called Suk 11 with bags of character and close to the sky train. We had a lovely few days shopping and getting the sand out of our hair so to speak.

Anyway, Spiderman 3 was cool and 28 Weeks Later was awesome (we LOVE zombie movies) and so you can see that we are fully immersing ourselves in Thai culture. Someone pointed out the great Palace from the bus last night up to Chang Mai where we are now but Eleanor couldn't be bothered to look as we had stolen/borrowed a copy of Empire magazine from a bar and that was more interesting. We will do one or two more temples but India kinda templed us out!!!



Off to do some "trekking" for lame-o's where you walk about 3 hours then get on an elephant and see "hill tribes" (the ones with rings round their necks) although by all accounts they have a group of tourists every day so not sure how genuine the whole experience will be but at least it's not diving or temples!!!

After that we may do some massage / jewellery /wax batik courses / downhill mountain biking / painting before setting out for Loas.

Missing home but now we're back on the run and have a renewed sense of adventure. We'll be in Laos from 1 Jun for 2 weeks and internet is prob not available there (there is apparently one ATM in the whole country!) so you may not hear from us in that time.