bangkok

bangkok's a bit weird. i'm staying near the khao san road which if you've seen the beach (gakk) is where leonardo di caprio drinks the snake blood. it's a nightmare here, the place is teeming with people my brother's age getting munted. 10 years ago andy and i would have been in our element but i'm a bit past that now and it's not really the place for a solo traveller as there's a lot of attitude kicking around and trying to meet people is pretty hard. if you take yourself away from this area though bangkok is a cool, vibrant, clean and modern city with plenty to see and do. there are temples and palaces all over the place and the shopping malls are huge. i went on the mrt and skytrain today and they were spotless, quick and cheap. it's incredibly hot and muggy here but everything's airconditioned so if it gets too sticky it's easy to nip into somewhere and freeze up for a second before heading back out into it.

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last night i had dinner with a friend from my game called taj who is from bangkok. we had a great evening sat opposite the wat arun (which was beautifully lit up from across the river) eating pad thai and talking about all kinds of stuff. he studied in nottingham so his english is pretty perfect (and he didn't call me duck which i was impressed at) so we could talk about a whole range of things without the language barrier being a problem.

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tonight i head to koh tao and it looks bloody beautiful. 15 hours on a bus and ferry - pah! that's nowt :D