Everyone has heard the saying "Bangkok is the city that never sleeps"! Well that may be so but the locals sure don't get going early in the morning! I suppose the fact it was Sunday had something to do with it. We were told Sunday is supposed to be "family day" for Thais. We started the day walking the streets for our daily exercise. This followed a good breakfast at the hotel for the amazing price of 150 baht for two people! This, of course,...

Our first full day in Thailand! We arrived in steamy Bangkok, Saturday 2 February 2008, at about 6.30 am. After clearing immigration and collecting our bags our first task was to "negotiate" transport to our hotel. I noticed some people, in attractive yellow uniforms, from "AOK Limousine Service" at a counter just across from our baggage collection belt (belt #8) so I approached them and started to discuss the price to get us to the Ibis Si...