Ladyboy GaGa
Friday, September 17, 2010
Crossing into Thailand we got the first minibus of the trip and sped all the way to Bangkok – reached 100mph at one point and dodged death quite a few times! Checked into the back-packer area of Bangkok just off Khao San Road which has lots of cheap food stalls and even a Boots pharmacy so we settled in nicely, didn't blend in with the hoards of baggy Aladdin trousered/ dread-locked travellers though!
Bangkok was one of those places we were really looking forward to seeing and with 3 full days to explore we thought we’d have plenty to do. However sightseeing wasn’t really on our agenda so we spent a lot of time faffing and have nothing really to show for it apart from a slight dent in the old bank account. One major highlight was sending our souvenirs back home which has reduced the size and weight of our bags considerably –sad I know but when you’re carrying stuff that you don’t need around for 5 months you’re glad to get rid of it!
We all headed out on the second night where Pete "treated" us to a deep fried bug each.. eeew! Poor Ben got a bit of a shock when the entire bag of bugs (minus the ones we'd eaten) were thrown over him.. heehee. Some of us ended up in what seemed the only bar not playing thumping dance music and had live music instead, it’s always great to hear normal music again. The Man United Rangers game was on at 1.45am so we hung around the bar till kickoff as they said they’d play the full game for us but politely kicked us out at 2. We tried another bar who was advertising the game but had thumping music on in the background. We eventually realised it was on in our hotel room so headed back.
We managed to find an English cinema the next day (it wasn’t difficult) and even a Tesco Lotus superstore on the way (it’s the little things). After having to stand for the Thai national anthem The Expendables started, cost only £1.50 (including popcorn!). Later we strolled through the red light or Patpong district where we were offered numerous ping pong shows – no need to explain but we politely declined and choose to play spot the ladyboy instead! That’s Bangkok done, don’t think we’d be in a rush to go back even though we dock in on Monday before heading off for Beach Week -Yey, maybe this time we'll take a few more pictures!
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