The Ultimate Crash Landing Pad

BANGKOK, THAILAND - CEILAS VIEW

We barely made our plane after some excellent all night parties with our friends in Brick Lane and with the STA crew in Islington.

We were a complete mess on our leaving day, but STA very kindly let me leave two hours early from work after showing up two hours late and not working all day...Bless them!
Curt managed to lose his passport at check in for several harrowing moments but finally finally finally we were sitting on our flight bound for Dubai.....

A couple of long flights, movies and bus rides later we were attacking our mini bar in our hotel on Khao San rd and then dropping into some serious sleep...

When we awoke it was to the playground that is Khao San Rd. I've been hearing about this street for a very very ver long time and it sort of exactly what I expected but not....

We spent the next few days exploring Bangkok by river taxi, tuk tuk and foot.
We had promised my big brother that we would check out the Royal Palace from the inside as he hadnt managed to and It was absolutely amazing. Huge Pagodas, Silver temples, amazing paintings.

We had a closer look at some of the wall paintings and were a bit suprised by what they showed when you look closely......



After that we went to Wat Pho and checked out the enigmatic reclinging Buddha. Huge.........



We also checked a street vegatarian restaurant my brother had recommended and afterwards we did the one thing left in the world that might annoy my parents and got some back alley piercings done. I got one and Curt two for about a fiver each......

Curt also made a effort to enjoy the local cusine.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae5Cz-FaxVA