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After a very comfortable flight with quantas, we arrived in Bangkok a little tired but generally in good spirits. Despite a close call with being ripped off by a illegal taxi, we managed to get to our hotel for a cheap price! When we arrived they had the red carpet out and the hotel was swamped with police and the army...we thought this was extreme if anything...we know we are special...but this was ridiculous. However we were disappointed to then discover all the kerfuffle was not for our arrival but for the princess of thailand. Whom we later saw whilst dining!
Despite what the lonely planet preaches DO NOT trust your local tuk tuk driver...as we found on day 2 most of them will only give you a cheap price if you vist their friends shop/restaurant. But after a few culture shocks we've become a customed to things here and the art of bartering has been well established. We're moving onto Chaing Mai tomorrow, which we had to delay by a day as the train was full...but not all was lost as it just meant we could have an extra night of luxury in our 4 star hotel. Which we are making full use of, plus it means we've seen a bit more of bangkok. Have to say all the pressies have come in very useful especially the pocketsize currency converter!! We'll log in again once we hit north! Hopefully we'll also try to work out how to get photos on this thing too...hope everyone is well and love to all xxx
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