Bangkok

Took the night bus from Ragong to Bangkok... 10 hours... got in at about 5am and waited around for a bus to go into Chinatown where I walked around for a couple of hours with map in hand looking for some accomodation. Finally got a place at a reasonable price and slept most of the day.

Went out tonight for some Pad Thai and a strawberry shake.. was pretty good.. needed a feed thats for sure.

I am not planning on being here very long... the city smells like Manila.. thick with car exaust fumes causing a constant tickle in your throat... this is totally unacceptable... how can we have cities like this? Our cities in Australia are not far behind this level of crap air quality. Something really needs to be done to stop using all these fossil fuels.

Oh well, first day out.. went to some electronic equipment shop... huge crazy out of control... people and equipment every where.

Some cool architecture...

A fellow in a Tuk-Tuk offered me a ride for free ...and I said whats the scam buddy... he said all I have to do is to go into a shop for him and have a look around. The shops sponser the Drivers by giving them fuel vouchers for dropping in potential customers... once your there they try their best to sell you what ever is on offer. No matter how hard they tried, they were not going to sell me a designer hand made suit made to fit.... just would not fit my wardrobe (especially my Back Pack Wardrobe).,, the other clothes would reject them... Prices are pretty good though.. you get to choose the material, shirt, tie and jacket and pants all for about $Au100.

I saw a bit of Thai boxing on wy walk about... They call this thing on the left "The swing"... And some strange bell shaped temples...And a big bridge held up with a lattice of strings...

Some pictures from the outside of a palace...
Walking around Bangkok at night time, they were getting ready for the water festival.
This is an old fort...

People were making little boat, flower candle things that they were putting into the river.. apparently to symbolize that the river washes away all the shit they put in there. (That's the way I interpret it anyway).
There were also boats all lit up with lights and the bridge was also lit up...