Bye Bye Bangkok

Today is my last day in Bangkok & Thailand. I woke up this morning and feel much better I am still a little bit Ropey but much better. Therefore we got up today and went to the Chatuchak weekend markets. We have not done any shopping yet and needed gifts for all my little cherubs. We could have booked a tour for 150 baht each but that would be too easy and also £3 tours are waaaaaaay too expensive. So we took the boat from Phra Arthit to Saphan Taskin for 15 baht (3 pence) and then got on the skytrain to Mo Chit for 40 baht (8 pence). BOOM!!

We shopped until we dropped & got everything we needed and now we are enjoying tuna salads in a free wifi cafe.

On the 3pence boat home I realised what idiots holiday makers really can be. We saw a cruise ship offering a river cruise to see the sights. I have no idea howuch this costs but it must be 150 baht at least. We have been on our commuter boat 6x and we have seen the Grand Palace, temple of the dawn, memorial bridge and the posh hotels at dawn, mid day, dusk & lit up for night. I think Bangkok has been so easy to travel around because of my amazing map. Even "the traveller" who is too damn cool for a map or lonely planet refers to it and puts it in his pocket. I believe he is equally in love with the laminated pages.

After 5 days in Bangkok I will tell you it is too many, eventually you come to feel disgusted at old European men buying a week with a Thai beauty. We all know you paid so why look smug. You are vile, the women you bought looked fed up, miserable by your offerings of frankfurter sausages, lager and man united matches. I know all these ladies have a story & they need it bit after 5 days I would rather not see it.

To conclude I have enjoyed Thailand, I do not think it's a country for me but I had some great moments. Here they come in no particular order:

Getting a new friend: Olga
TonSai beach
Diving at Ko Ha
Diving through a chimney
Climbing over the cliffs after swimming through the water at night
The taxi rides on Ko Muk
Ko Muk
New Years day morning
Xmas day with Ben & Olgas travel buddies
And obviously the best thing:

My Groovy laminated map of Bangkok. It's amazing.

The things I liked the least
1: the dirty Spanish women who abandoned her kids for 3 hours to get some boom boom. We looked after them all night & paid the food bill
2: mosquito bits
3: the looky looky men of Bangkok
4: the 10 kilos I can see on ever photo. Here comes operation kill the chubs.

My NY resolution: shift the lard.

Only 1.5 hours left in Bangkok before the airport. See you all Monday morning xxx