Greetings from Bangkok!

Where to start?!

Lis and I arrived in Bangkok yesterday...exhausted! 2 delayed flights due to very windy UK weather meant a little bit of stress but somehow we managed to catch all our connecting flights. Abroad the long haul journey we discvovered that suduko is impossible and that Lis does not travel well (something she didn't actually mention when we booked to TRAVEL the world?!) Menatl note also made to never eat plane food again.

Couldn't believe how crazy Bangkok was when we took our taxi from the airport to the hotel. The traffic is insane and the roads are just complete free for alls. Our hotel is MUCH nicer than we were expecting, comfy beds, slippers and dressing gowns provided etc. We definitely are not roughing it yet! Expecting to check in and meet our tour group in the evening we had a panic when we found out our tour doesnt actually start Saturday and we had arrived a day early. oops! So an extra night at the hotel it was then - just as well really as it has given us time to get over our jet lag a little. In the evening we went out for dinner at a little restaurant packed full of locals and travellers nearby the hotel. We paid around 2.50 each for a seriously good thai green curry and a drink, amazing! The sights and sounds of the city are like nothing I have experienced before.

Today we have been out and about exploring. We made a trip by the metro to Chatuchak weekend market. It was amazing! You can buy eveything from jewelry and scarfs to puppies and baby rabbits. Lis had to drag me away before I bought a bundle of them and posted them home.

At 6pm this evening we meet our tour group and leader for the first time, we are really excited to meet everyone. Think dinner and a few beers to get to know each other is on the agenda. Tomorrow we begin the LONG journey to Cambodia It is approx 4 hours to the border (where we have to adhere to protocol and cross by foot) and then a further 3 to Siem Reap where we will be spending the next few days. Already packed the sick bags for lis.

Will tell all about Cambodia next week!

Biiig love to everyone at home (you unlucky bastards :))