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Okay, our first main blog post - where to start?! In Bangkok I guess. We had a great, if a little dubious time in bangkok, what with jon getting kidnapped in a taxi and having to pay up 3 grand baht (about 60 quid), and various other scams, all which i'm glad to say chris, vik and steve didnt fall for ha! A firm no does the job nicely.
The city is an amazing place, so very different from anywhere any of us have ever been, they are crazy drivers - no need to pay attention to traffic lights/seatbelts/breaks or general safety it seems beeping is far easier than having to stop. The tuk tuk's are awesome, serious adrenalin rush and completely mental, we've found the best way is to suggest a cheap price first then barter as otherwise they'll rip you off. The heat is incredible in the city, even at 11pm it's well into the 30's.
The hostels so far have been clean and spacious, the first one had an infinity swimming pool on the roof - nothing can beat a good strong lager in the pool watching the smog role over bangkok in the distance.
From bangkok we got the night train (10 hours) up to chaing mai, which was a great experience. They encourage heavy boozing and the local beer is 6.4 percent, something we didnt pay attention to until a local thai said have two bottles of the stuff and you're sorted (don't think they're heavy drinkers). We went to sleep and woke up in the jungle flashing by us, and local tribes looking up at the train.
Chaing mai is we all agree even better than bangkok, so different and far fewer thai's trying to scam you, different atmosphere entirely. We've met a lot more travellers in the latest couple of hostels (one from reading, others from manchester), all with different experiences and advice. Today we went on a trek into the jungle, which like the rest of chaing mai is a lot cooler than bangkok. Part of the trek was to ride elephants and then boat down the river on little rafts. Now about to go to a thai boxing match (apparently you can join in!!)
Hope everyones keeping well, and we'll do another update when we can be bothered/get to another internet cafe.
love to all
xxx
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