A slightly later start to our day today at 10am. We first headed to the local museum where we had a whistle stop tour of traditional Thai houses. It was interesting to know that some of their glassware came from Ireland! (Of course some came from France and Italy too, but it was nice to hear mention of the green country.) Outside we jumped into a tuktuk (for the Grand Palace) for the price of 200 (Tuktuks generally charge double the price of a cab-keep this in m...

Today was an early start as we had to hand in our passports to the Vietnamese embassy in order to get out Vietnam visas sorted. Hopefully we should pick them up tomorrow PM. It was a lot easier than organising our indian visas I'll tell you that!! So passport less we went for breakfast at cafe Tartine again (because it was so yummy last time) we both had omelettes which filled us into dinner. We had strict instructions again today. Both places were not to be m...

Well today was a late start! We left the condo at about 1ish after a tasty bacon sandwich. We had strict instructions from James and Rachel to only accept certain things from cab drivers. 'Dont pay more than 100 bahts for a cab anywhere.' They said. So we approached some cabs with my new trusty lingo (hello/I want to go to.../pay by the meter) All conversations below were in a mixture of Thai and English. Cab 1: Me: hi, can we go to Wat Pho? Cab driver: 200 ...

So it's our first day in Thailand... For the first time since leaving England we've had a real lazy day. It started with a lie in which was then followed by brunch at a French themed restaurant. After this we followed James for a 'surprise'. Slightly scared, we wandered into some hotel grounds where we stumbled across a fertility garden. You have to see the pictures to believe it! Then we went back to the condo to sort out our Vietnam visa and to plan our Bangk...