Bangkok

Arrived in Bangkok yesterday and spent the day getting our bearings and having an explore around. Ended up on the Khao San Road last night and then spent the taxi journey back to our hotel thanking my lucky stars that I'm not backpacking. It was fine, if you're a young traveller. With those traveller sandals that they wear. But goodness me the keyboards were the dirtiest I've ever seen in my life and the internet cafe's smelt of piss hence not updating this. Maybe I'm just getting old and the Khao San Road has a certain charm for those under 30. But our riverside hotel and a cocktail in the bar before retiring for the evening to our riverview room had a certain charm for me.

It was funny to be stopped dead in the street by a group of young girls to be asked how tall and how old I am. They wanted to know how tall I was at 13 (their age) to figure out if they'd grow as tall as me. The pic is them measuring themselves up against my back. They were very excited when I told them I was a mere two foot tall at 13...

Am loving Bangkok. Quite a full-on sensory experience but I do love a city and this one delivers.