Wun Nueng ('Day 1' in Thai Language)
Smooth plane ride (lush)...get off.. Get in the yellow and green Taxi and let the sign language and mumbling begin! Trip advisor had warned us that the road our '£8 per person, so called 'Cozy Place Bangkok Hostel' was on was very hard to find! That proved correct! However, once arrived, the place was gorgeous! We were shown to our 'Air Con' ( vital plus!) room. lovely! 17:00, Bags down and it was time for us to go scavenging the streets of Bangkok, in a much more civilised way might I point out...the Metro! (Yep).. A ride to town was all but '86p' to get into town. We ended up in front of amazing brand new malls boasting big brands, entertainment and (what was the most important to us at this precise moment in time...FOOD! cheap food! So we picked a nice 'Le Pain Quotidien' style but with Japenese food place which served us great food which did not last long in the plate as it had at least been 6 hours since we hadn't eaten.. The service was v good, the only thing we noticed was that the synchronisation of 'bringing the dishes' was not so spot on lol! (Yes, sorry I work in hospitality lol).
We then headed to 'China Town' ....yes one should know that in every town in the world now there is A China Town! Well that was a bit of a failed mission as we tried walking, realised it was too far so negotiated a ride with a tuk tuk (wait up for the video!), the guy dropped us off in the middle of busy traffic and a few food stalls...we walked around, aimlessly for about 20 minutes, got frustrated, asked for a taxi home, jumped in started rolling and realised we de been done on the price.. 200 BHT (£4), which is much more than a meter taxi would have been, but lesson learnt: ALWAYS ask for a meter taxi!! Home, shower and bed. Boom!
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