The last few days have been spent settling into life in Thailand,
but I’m not sure we’ve seen much authentic Thai culture so far. After a long
flight (and some dodgy 4am curries as plane food) we arrived in Bangkok and headed to
our hostel in backpacker area Khao San Road. Think McDonalds, Irish Bars,
Shisha, cheap drinks, drunk tourists and late nights….
Khao San Road by day
First stop for us was
to experience a brutal Thai massage to try and help our jetlag. It was
definitely not the relaxing spa experience you get with massages in England,
but made us feel a little bit more refreshed afterwards. An afternoon of
napping led up to our first night out in Khao San, chatting to other ETAs and
drinking the local Chang beer.
Some of the ETAs in Khao San Road
Ruth, Me, Helen
We spent the next few days seeing some of the tourist
attractions in Bangkok; the Grand Palace which was pretty but very busy, and a
long tailed boat trip which took us down the canals.
Grand Palace
Grand Palace
View from Long Tail Boat
View from Long Tail Boat
Saturday night was spent
celebrating the birthday of another ETA in Sky Bar, the roof terrace of a
luxury hotel. We took the lift to the 64th floor and sipped on our
500 baht cocktails (so expensive for Thailand!!) looking over a magical view of
the city, imagining we were VIPs and had enough money to stay there. Then,
being the students that we are, we went to the other extreme: another night out
in Khao San road, and ended up chilling on the hostel roof terrace at 6 am. Jet lag and lack of sleep
are definitely catching up on me!
View from Sky Bar - Camera definitely did not to it justice
At Sky Bar - Jade, Ruth, Helen and Birthday Boy Tom
Today we met our mentors from school, and tomorrow is the long
journey to Si Saket province…Our time in Bangkok is coming to an end.
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