So, i'm just over a week in. Seems like i've done a fair bit and I definitely want to keep this up to date so think I need to get started.
I left England on Friday 20th Jan in the evening and it was cold, wet, rainy & windy! Can't say I was sad to see the back of that sort of shit. The trip started with some good luck, they'd over booked our flight so at first I was offered 300 euros to go on anther flight an hour later, obviously I said yes! Basically I went away for a couple of hours and had to go back to the desk for 10 mins before check-in closed and they told me they could get me on my flight, but i'd have to go 1st class. SHIT! Got whisked straight to the gate and pretty much straight on the plane.
'Champagne sir? Errrrrr, it makes me go red but i'll have a gin and tonic, certainly sir i'll bring it to your seat' by seat she means, near enough bed! Honestly it was amazing, whole new world! Needless to say, I got suitbaly oiled on the plane and didn't really sleep that much as i was too busy taking advantage of the free stuff.
I got to Bangkok around 16:00 feeling pretty ropey and probably still a bit drunk. Managed to get through immigration and navigate my way to the hostel. I got dropped off on the Koa San Road, which was a bit of a shock to the system to be fair, it's MENTAL! Luckily my hostel wasn't on that street, it was about a 5 mins from there but I had to do the walk down it and by the end, I'd defo been offered about 6 suits, a ping pong show and a frog show!? WTF? Funnily enough after a long, boozy flight with minimal sleep and still carrying all my bags I wasn't really up for much of that.
After a couple of hours sleep I ventured out with a few people from the hostel and managed to not return till 6 the next morning, it was a pretty heavy night. The next day I woke up, got some food and then went back to bed for 16 hours! Think I needed that.
Monday, I went round a few temples and managed to stumble upon chinese new year in Chinatown on the way back which was amazing! Got loads of free food and had a few beers, but had to get to bed at a decent hour for the bus to Ayuttaya next morning.
Travelled about 1 1/2 hours to Ayutthaya and went between a few temples which were pretty cool, got told off for lying in front a giant Buddha, which i'll post a photo of. I now know the ettiquette and how to behave, reckon I looked like a massive idiot abroad though! Once again I managed to find the Chinese NY celebrations that night and had some amazing food, might have been dog!?
Sukothai was the next day, was there for 2 nights. Got a 6 hour bus up there and went to the historical park which invloved riding about on a bike for the day which killed my arse! The temples were worth it though. My hostel was in the middle of a really narrow street, tried to venture out in the evening and got chased by a pack of crazy, barking, snarling, dripping at the mouth dogs. I had to take refuge on a wall till they got bored, then went back to the hostel and get someone from there to give me a lift in on the scooter. First near death experience. Being pretty cautious around dogs now!
Now i've moved onto Chiang Mai, in a dorm with 5 really cool people and we've been out a couple of nights. There's a cocktail tuk tuk which turns up directly opposite the hostel at about 8 every night, not convienient at all! Yesterday we went zip lining and abseiling throught the jungle, was so much fun, again will put some pics up of that. Going to get a massage and see some Thai boxing tonight, then heading to Pai tomorrow for a couple of days, which is supposed to be well chilled out, so looking forward to not doing much! Will be sad to say goodbye to Jenni, Amy, Mark, Chrtistin & Dennis though!
Plan is to, head to Laos on Saturday to get to Vang Vieng to do some tubing on my birthday. Don't forget to send presents, yeah!? Reckon my next update will be just after that.
Hope all is well with everyne at home and you're not too cold.
Love, Nikolass X
PS Will try and put photos on facebook, reckon it'll take too long if i try and include them in this.
