Today was very sad becasue Olga left us and headed back to the UK. I am very grateful to her for arranging the entire holiday, I had no plan but followed her and saw some beautiful beaches, met great people and managed to have the best dive EVER. We have laughed along the way, usually at other peoples expense but it was fun.
Ben and myself are now left in Bangkok and killing time, money and waist lines until my flight leaves on Sunday. We are staying just off the Kao San Rd and it is mental. Our hotel costs 150baht each (3 pounds) and there is a reason, it is slightly worn at the edges but less than the bed sqaut. It is cleanish but much cleaner than my bed squat and is placed on the noisest street Bangkok has ever seen. Ben awoke at 5am with the nightclub music still going so there is clearly only one option......if you can't beat them, Join them. Bring on the dancing.
We had a reasonably quite night due to us both nursing a 2 day hangover but we managed to fit in a few changs and dinner. The street food here is amazing so we are eating about 5 times a day. There is pad thai, curry, pizza, kebabs, and even Crickets an cockroaches. Yes I can confirm Ben ate the entire Cricket but i just nibbled on his arse. That is the crickets arse not Bens!! It tasted of the seasoning it was covered with and thats all. It was quite dull but I still screamed like a girl and drank gulps of beer afterwards.
I think the cricket has better seasoning than the chickens feet that we ate in Ko Lanta. I have pictures of the evidence and will show you when I am home.
Bangkok is great for people watching, I am not too upset by drunk europeans buying presents for ladyboys who wear their trousers so low you can try to see if they are with banana or without. I have seen two quite attractive straight men pulling ladyboys and I do not understand but it is like Brighton in the end........Everyone is accepted.
Even I am accepted in Brighton and according to a rascist idiot we met from South Africa I look like the sort of person who comes from Brighton. I am unsure if he means I look like a) a social worker
b) a tree hugger
c) a yoga loving veggy
d) a lesbian
e) a gay man (I know I am deep down, I love Kylie and ABBA)
f) a Brompton owner
Answers on a postcard.
Today is our first day of exploring Bangkok, it will be rubbish without Olga and I am sure we will get lost and fat. There is food everywhere I am now wearing my running trousers as I have got too fat for all my clothes.
Hope you are all ok at work today and it is not too rubbish after christmas xxxx
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