Bangkok jobsworths

Just a few hours sleep before up for breakfast and off to the airport, where I am now. The internet availability at the airport is worse than crap, as is their inflexibility at every turn. Bangkok can't hold a candle to Singapore in the airport league table. I won't bore you with details but the number of 'jobsworths' that you find at airports like this is incredible. Tim is on an earlier flight and has the use of the lounge so we've said our goodbyes and he's disappeared for his free eats and internet. Last night was an experience. My first visit to Bangkok in 15 years and though I was in town for less than a day, we managed to make the night last well into the early hours. Again I won't bore you with our schedule, suffice to say it involved drinking and chatting to attractive young ladies, the majority of which said they came from Isaan (and a couple even spoke passable Khmer), so at least we had something in common. I've only got internet access for 30 minutes so I'll report more when I get back home.

Arrival

I'm currently in Bangkok and just heading back to my hotel after a wander around the area we are staying in, Sukhumvit Road. Much like any busy area in any large city - a hive of activity. We caught the bus from Khorat this morning and arrived at Mor Chit bus station around midday. By the time we had booked into our boutique hotel, the Salil, and changed rooms as the rooms on the top floor were way too hot, it was too late to visit the National Museum - which stupidly closes at 3.30pm (and is closed on Mon & Tues, the same as the Phimai Museum, so beware). Instead we got a bite to eat and played a few games of pool as it poured with rain for most of the afternoon. We'll be back out later for a slap-up meal to celebrate the end of our adventures, one more night on the tiles and then off to the airport tomorrow morning for our flights home, me to Phnom Penh, Tim to Heathrow... and the conclusion of yet another successful brotherly bonding session.