After a veryyy long journey we have arrived in Hangover capital! Bangkok!
The overnight bus was surprisingly pleasant despite having to sleep uncomfortably rotating sides every hour or so but the excitement of Bangkok makes up for it. We managed to find an Internet cafe at the bus station to research a fairly decent hostel close enough to Khoa San road and luckily managed to find it despite not many people recognising the address.
Showered and refreshed we set off to check out the Grand Palace and within about two minutes of getting inside I lost Helen… Not a great start but I continued to wonder around and admire the beautiful sites before making my way round to the exit and beginning to panic – still hadn’t found Helen…. Deciding to take a rest in the shade and people watch for a while who would be sat right in my eye line of all the people… You guessed it – Helen!
We had a little more of a stroll around before going outside to cool off in the shade with a (very expensive but totally worth it) ice cream.
Back to the hostel again to shower and spruce ourselves up for the Banyan Tree rooftop bar for sunset, only we forgot to factor in rush hour of Bangkok (an extremely densely populated city!!!) so ended up watching the sunset from the Tuk Tul – very a la Thailand I think!
The Banyan Tree rooftop bar did not disappoint with Helens steaming melon cocktail and my classic Sex on the Beach (I’m so adventurous, I know) however if you’re going to go be cautious of the additional, and hidden, service charge and tax! 600 Baht for a cocktail which is fairly reasonable in English terms but a lot more than your average Thai drink.
We called it a night here, exhausted from the night before and up early to see the floating markets – not to mention around 1,000 Baht down for one evening!
eyes abroad 