Stop-over in Bangkok We should learn from the Thais! I'm back in Bangkok. I was dreading the bus journey - ten hour on the bus after partying all night (almost all night) didn't sound good. But what a bus it was!!! VIP S-class, 600Baht. Except for tatty curtains it looked like a business class on Singapore Airlines. Big comfortable, almost fully reclining seats, entertainment (yes, your own screen and some English movies, music and games), food, water, sna...

Day two in Bangkok. It's my second day here and I'm still surprised how hot it gets the moment I leave my room. And I don't even keep the air-con on all the time. The fans, present everywhere indoors give me headache. Even now whe I'm writing it I have a massive fan blowing right in my ear. I think I might start to wear earplugs indoors. I didn't go to sleep yesterady till 2.30am. Jet lag, I guess. So when I was woken up by some noise at 10.30am I decided t...

Long journey East: London - Singapore - Bangkok I must admit, lomg haul flight with Singapore Airlines wasn't even half as bad as I expected. It was quite ok actually. Except fpr the Singapore-Bangkok bit when they gave my gluten free meal to some plonker behind me who happily accepted it. I had chicken (yuk) and potatoes insted. Arrived in bangkok little ahead of time and decided to take a bus instead of a cab (saving money from the start). The ride was quic...