Bangkok

This was a pretty sweet start to Thailand. Tim's parents put us up in 5* accommodation – The Metropolitan Hotel – which was just the most amazing hotel either of us have ever been to. We made the best of it for sure – Tim wrote a list of trains and flights and activities to research, then gave it to the receptionists to do for him! Cheeky bugger. They did a fantastic job though. For the 4 days we were there we went and did a number of thngs. Firstly the Long-tail boat trips – these were incredible. It was like being in a Bond movie, shooting down the River Kwai with a fat Vsomethng engne behind us. We also went to see a few temples, which now we have realised are all roughly the same in Thailand. Big dragons at the front, stairs leading up to a temle with a golden Buddah iniside and on top of the temples large finger shaped objects poining up to the sky. Oh and they all have stain glass walls or some other object. A really good part of Bangkok was taking bikes out and doing a 22km route in 37 degree heat around the backstreets of Bangkok, seeing the “real” Bangkok – see photos on fb. Finally we spent a fair amount of time making good use of the facilities at the Metropolitan. Swimming Pool, massive jacuzzi, steam room, complimentary EVERYTHING, massive rooms and beds and oh the pillows.. the pillows were sublime. In the end we did drag ourselves away and went to Chiang Mai.