Hello, We are now in Chiang Mai after leaving Bangkok last Wednesday evening on a VIP bus which only cost 3.50 each. For your 3.50 ou get to use the disgusting toilets at the so called service station (no loo paper), and on reaching Chiang Mai you are dropped off at a out of town petrol station and sold to various guesthouses. We were taken to 'Nice Place 2 Stay' but managed to escape before we were allocated a room, we jumped on a tuk tuk and found our hot...

Well we made it to Bangkok safely and have been exploring parts of it for the last 5 days. Our guesthouse called New Siam II is actually really nice for ten pounds a night and even has a swimming pool, which is really useful in this heat. Last Saturday was our first fall day here and what do you know we got as far as the end of our road and got pursuded to go for a tour in a tuk tuk!! On our 1 & 1/2 hour tour we saw a total of 3 sights and 3 shops, two which...