Sunday 22 August 2010

What a week!

It's only been seven days since we left Blighty and we've already seen and done so much. Not got a lot of time to write loads and loads as we're waiting to catch an train overnight train to Chang Mai so i'll keep it brief. Well, as brief as I can.

The story so far:
  • Spent three nights in Bangkok sampling the delights of Khao San Road, watching some brutal Muay Thai boxing and seeing lots of temples and palaces.
  • A train took us to Kanchanburi for two nights were we saw the Bridge over the River Kwai, swam in Erawan Waterfalls while being nibbled on by some over friendly fish and enjoying our first bout of mozzy bites. Jo currently leads 14-6. Jo had a group of Thai ladies tell her to use tiger balm as it's the best thing for it and it'll help ward them off in future. Well, ok, the only words we could pick out from what they were saying were 'Tiger' and 'Balm', I've gleaned the rest.
  • We've learned how to handle Tuk Tuk drivers the hard way, fallen in love with street food and got ejected from a Ping Pong Show in Patpong.
  • Oh and a small lizard fell on Jo's head on our first night while we drank in the Hippie De Bar. She's fine, by the way.
  • We went to the 59th floor balcony bar Vertigo only for it to shut minutes before we got there due to the rain so that's still on the list for future visits.

Here's a couple of Jo's diamond remarks for you to enjoy too:

  • "Can you run faster than the rain?"
  • "Are there bits of tiger in tiger balm?"
  • "Oh that's a good idea, an umbrella extention."
  • "We're on the wrong train." There's only one train that runs on the track and it runs hours apart.

Right, that's all for now folks. Will write more when we get time.

Miss you all, Dan and Jo x

2 comments:

  1. Oh fabulous. I love that even though it's a different continent, Jo's still coming out with the classics! So glad to hear you're cramming all those fabulous things in!

    ... er ejected from a ping pong bar? Did they have a contraption to pop you out a la show or were you a pair of drunken trouble makers?!

    Be safe, have fun.

    Sam xxxxx

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  2. I'll tell all when I get a minute! Maybe now...

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