Thailand
Southeast Asian Odyssey '24, part two
Malaysia was wonderful; Thailand beckons. We’ve started off in style, on the tiny island of Koh Lipe. We’re here for a week or so’s beach-bumming, before meeting up with friends for a few days on another tiny island before heading for a national park, thence to Bangkok, then off to Cambodia. At least, that’s the plan as it stands. In the words of the barmy army, ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go…
I never was much good at sleeping in weird environments. And the overnight train to Bangkok definitely qualifies, at least for me.
Not that it’s bad; quite the opposite. Even...
In the event, it ended up being not too bad a night on the train. Some long sleepless patches, but I’d expected that, and overall I probably got a good six or seven hours, which...
In truth, The Grand Palace is a bit overwhelming.
It’s just so vast, and so intricate, and so much. One staggering building has another nestling right next to it, and behind them,...
Though we’ve spent the day visiting wonderful sites from old Bangkok, I can’t resist heading today with this, Rama VIII bridge, which is just downstream from where we catch...
After two days battling the tourist hordes, doing the culture innit, and gasping in the sun, we decided it was time for a day of (at least partial) rest. Also V needed a new t-shirt.
So...
Well, we’ve pretty much done the main touristy bits of Bangkok, and we were also wary of the weather – once again, it was promising to be an absolute belter of a day, with...