Hi, quick update....we are just waiting for our bus so thought we could do a quick blog on Bangkok!
We arrived by plane into Bangkok which was luxury as we have been used to hot old buses for the past couple of months. At the airport we were quoted a stupid amount for a taxi from the airport (18 pound), it may not sound like a lot, but that's two nights accommodation for both of us in some places we have visited! We ended up taking the train from the airport to the centre for 10 pence each which was even cheap by Thai standards. It was delayed by half hour and was so hot and humid and was hard to even justify paying 10p for the journey. Before we got to Bangkok central station, we was held at a red signal so we literally jumped off the train with our bags and caught a cab to Khao San Road!
The last time we were in Bangkok, we ended up avoiding the ping pong show but after speaking to people on our travels, we felt it would be silly if we would miss out on the experience....and it was an experience! We read so many bad reviews online about people getting scammed so we was wary, but still managed to get dragged into a place up a dark set of stairs to find out we were the first people in so it was a bit awkward as this girl was performing just for us! Thankfully other people turned up and we ended up watching acts involving blowing out candles, smoking cigarettes, popping balloons and playing pin pong with balls flying everywhere....inbox me for more details! I went to the toilet and come out to find Georgia violently and competitively smashing ping pong balls back at the women which was a shock to the system, think she didn't quite realize what she was doing! When we tried to leave they was trying to charge us 45 pound instead of 5 pound with about 4 people shouting us standing by the door, I ended up arguing and they just let us go, probably scared we was scaring the other customers! It put a bit of a dampener on the night but was worth visiting the show but I wouldn't think twice about going back! We couldn't take pictures in there otherwise they would have been on Facebook by now....
The last time we was in Bangkok, we arrived from India with a bit of a Delhi belly so we avoided alcohol and street food and stayed in a nice hotel until we got better. This time we done it the backpacker's way by staying in cheap but nice accommodation and trying the local food including noodles, fried rice, spring rolls and a nice chicken kebab which works out a lot cheaper than eating in restaurants all the time! Bangkok is so much hotter compared to a few weeks ago, the humidity is unbearable and the temperature reaches 40C everyday during March/April. We would often end up going out in the morning, hibernating in our air conditioned room in the afternoon and then going back out during the evening!
That's it for now because we need to jump on our 12 hour bus and 3 hour ferry which will probably somehow mean 20 hours in total in Thailand. We are looking forward to spending a few days on the island including the full moon party where we will meet up with a few people on our travels plus a handsome boy from Benfleet (ego boost).
James and Georgia xx
We arrived by plane into Bangkok which was luxury as we have been used to hot old buses for the past couple of months. At the airport we were quoted a stupid amount for a taxi from the airport (18 pound), it may not sound like a lot, but that's two nights accommodation for both of us in some places we have visited! We ended up taking the train from the airport to the centre for 10 pence each which was even cheap by Thai standards. It was delayed by half hour and was so hot and humid and was hard to even justify paying 10p for the journey. Before we got to Bangkok central station, we was held at a red signal so we literally jumped off the train with our bags and caught a cab to Khao San Road!
The last time we were in Bangkok, we ended up avoiding the ping pong show but after speaking to people on our travels, we felt it would be silly if we would miss out on the experience....and it was an experience! We read so many bad reviews online about people getting scammed so we was wary, but still managed to get dragged into a place up a dark set of stairs to find out we were the first people in so it was a bit awkward as this girl was performing just for us! Thankfully other people turned up and we ended up watching acts involving blowing out candles, smoking cigarettes, popping balloons and playing pin pong with balls flying everywhere....inbox me for more details! I went to the toilet and come out to find Georgia violently and competitively smashing ping pong balls back at the women which was a shock to the system, think she didn't quite realize what she was doing! When we tried to leave they was trying to charge us 45 pound instead of 5 pound with about 4 people shouting us standing by the door, I ended up arguing and they just let us go, probably scared we was scaring the other customers! It put a bit of a dampener on the night but was worth visiting the show but I wouldn't think twice about going back! We couldn't take pictures in there otherwise they would have been on Facebook by now....The last time we was in Bangkok, we arrived from India with a bit of a Delhi belly so we avoided alcohol and street food and stayed in a nice hotel until we got better. This time we done it the backpacker's way by staying in cheap but nice accommodation and trying the local food including noodles, fried rice, spring rolls and a nice chicken kebab which works out a lot cheaper than eating in restaurants all the time! Bangkok is so much hotter compared to a few weeks ago, the humidity is unbearable and the temperature reaches 40C everyday during March/April. We would often end up going out in the morning, hibernating in our air conditioned room in the afternoon and then going back out during the evening!
That's it for now because we need to jump on our 12 hour bus and 3 hour ferry which will probably somehow mean 20 hours in total in Thailand. We are looking forward to spending a few days on the island including the full moon party where we will meet up with a few people on our travels plus a handsome boy from Benfleet (ego boost).
James and Georgia xx
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