We arrived into Bangkok on a rainy Thursday morning and headed in to the centre of town to find some accommodation. We headed for the infamous Khao San Road and found some cheap (ish) accommodation. When i say cheap, we didn`t have a window, but that was a good thing, as the noise of the Khao San Road would have kept us up all night. We spent the morning recovering from our over night flight and headed out to explore later that afternoon.
It was a great afternoon just mooching and soaking up the sights and sounds of Bangkok. Every where you turned you were offered a suit, shirt, sunglasses, massage, t-shirts...to be honest just about anything. And i had forgotten the joys of barttering. Well, when i say i, i mean Kip. All good fun and part of the experience.
I can`t complain about the battering, put it this way, i got my haircut, half hour massage and pancake all for 6 quid - happy days. And i have to say i am very impressed with the haircut, i still have both my ears and a decent barnet.
We hadn`t however anticipated the weather in Bangkok. That's right torrential down pours for a few hours at a time. Thunder and Lighting and then......clear skies and sunshine. The joys of nearing the monsoon season. Luckily though no sign of any floods yet - fingers crossed.
Our plans of getting up early and hitting the Bangkok sights disappeared when we woke up at 12 noon the next day - whoops - i blame the jet lag and lack of windows in the room.
Koh Tao is a small island on the east of the Thai peninsula and the top of the three islands of Ko Pha Ngan (Full Moon Parties) and Koh Samui.
We arrived at about 9:30 on the Saturday morning, after 2 buses and a boat journey.
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