Bangkok

Greetings from Bangkok!

We've only been here for a few days, but we love it!  We're staying just off the Khaosan Road, the backpacker area of the city.  Here are a few hard facts.

• We are living off Pad Thai, which is some of the best food we have tasted, for about 60p a dish.
• We travel by tuk-tuk, the most terrifying, and exhillerating way to get around.
• The most we have had to pay for a large bottle of beer is £1.
• Thailand is bloody awesome.

We've visited a lot of temples.  Each of which is exceedingly elaborate, and so beautiful.  Thailand is 95% Buddhist, so temples are ten a penny out here, and I'm not complaining!  Today, James and I visited one of the larger temples of the city, Wat Pho, which is home to literally hundereds of Buddha statues, of all sizes.  When visiting temples, we have been careful to keep our knees, shoulder and elbows covered, as well as wearing shoes, as mark of respect.

We have also tried to master the art of 'haggling', which can be quite daunting at times, with market venders trying to sell you just about everything you can think of... I didn't realise I needed a book sized lighter with the Jack Daniels logo on until I arrived here, or for that matter, an 'Armani' suit!

Having only been here a matter of days, we are not letting anything tie us down, and have booked ourselves onto a bus to Angkor Wat, Cambodia, at 7.30am tomorrow morning.  We are told that it will take about 10 hours, but won't be surprised if it nears 12 hours in length.  Not phased by the journey though, just very excited to be moving on to another completely new place!