Our flight to Bangkok was a great reminder of some of the things we shall remember about India; nearly every passenger was a man of a certain age, was demanding, didn't follow any orders or rules.... we shall miss India! Arrival in Bangkok was like arrival on an alien planet after this! There were girls and women on their own! They were wearing clothes such as mini skirts - the shameless husseys! People tried to help us and wearing our cynical India heads we shunned them and shooed them off! Oh well, welcome to Thailand!

What a difference a few hours on a plane can make. Our hotel was first class, the taxi ride to the hotel was calm and uneventful, there are proper roads in Thailand.... we could scarcely believe it.

Bangkok is a happening and busy city. We especially enjoyed going to the Muay Thai fighting, those boys are skinny but they are strong! Seeing them getting stretchered off you didn't half feel for them though. We had a little wander down to Patpong (just to see what it was like you understand!) and had a drink in an English bar whilst debating the sex industry and watching the world go by. We stopped by the Kho San road and decided we were too old to sit among the youngsters listening to thumpin toons. It felt like a proper holiday!