Bangkok

Well, I arived here safe and sound at 7am and was checked into my hotel at 8am. The journey was great as i had booked a sleeper seat which miraculously turned into a bed at 9pm. everybody was told to go to sleep and breakfast was at 6am. no bother i was wrecked. on the journey i was put sitting opposite an elderly thai lady who spoke no english. She avoided eye contact even though my head was 3 feet from hers. I decided i conduct an experiment and i said in my best thai 'Saw wa dee khap'"which means 'hello, nice to meet you' well, she called over her grandson to translate and we were chatting for hours. she wanted to know all about ireland, my travels and how much money westerners made. anyway got to bangkok, had a kip for a few hours and decided to explore. I headed for the grand palace and despite being misled and lied to by all kinds of sheisters got there a couple of hours later (only 10 mins down the road). I was refused entry as i was not wearing long trousers and had flip flops on. They tried to get me to take a tuk tuk back to my hotel to change and take a tour in the process. no thanks. I saw a whole heap of buddas, temples, even one lying down that was 46 meteres long. Other site was the infamous Kho san road, ate great food from street vendors for less than E2. Had a 30 min foot massage for E2.40 after all my walking. funny thing its so cheap to a point you start to feel guiilty but at the same time i feel annoyed when trying chancing there arm to swindle you out of a euro. Applied for my vietnamese visa today and should have that wednesday morning.