Bangkok

3 things I learnt after visiting Bangkok for 2 days:

1. The city is known as the Venice of Asia due to its hundreds of canals.
2. Scorpions taste like pork scratchings
3. Thai people are nuts!

After an emotional goodbye at the airport hannah and I set off for our first part of the journey to Dubai to meet Hat and Dan.
12 hours later we all arrived in Bangkok. My first impressions of the city were pretty disappointing. Our hostel was next to Khoa San Road but there wasn't much going on so we went and sat by the pool with a beer.
The evening was when it all kicked off. The whole city seemed to be buzzing, mainly woth tourists and people trying to sell you anything from bracelets and t-shirt to edible insects and viagra. It was one big party but too touristy for me.

On the second day me and hannah walked to the Grand Palace but it was closed so we ventured into some market stalls down the road which were fancinating. They were selling all sorts of fruit and veg which looked delicious. Then we came across the water taxis on the river and got on a private boat around the canals. There were hundreds of homes built along them ranging from grand houses and temples to shacks held to get hers with a few pieces of wood. Everyone we went past was so friendly, smiling and waving at us... nothing like the greetings you get on the tube in London!

So after 2 nights in bangkok it was time to leave and head to Vietnam. I'd go back for the green curry but that's about it.Läs mer