Bangkok, The Sequel

Here we are, back in Bangkok, back on the Koa San Road. Once again we have seamlessly re-entered what is as close to the Western world as we will find in Southeast Asia. In fact, it has moved beyond the Western world - Bangkok is where Westerners come for decadence, and that's saying something.

But, as always, I'm racing ahead - although maybe 'racing' is the wrong word since I have only missed, like, a day. But anyway.

We arrived in Jakarta airport, considered going clubbing as originally planned, and rejected the idea as too expensive. We were sitting in KFC not ordering anything, pondering what we might do instead that didn't involve sitting in KFC any longer, when the 2 Australian surfers we were chatting to said they were staying at the Airport Transit hotel and did we want to sleep on their floor? The sensible, economising traveller's answer to this was obviously yes please. So for no money at all we had a very comfortable sleep and a hot shower - thanks, random Australian surfers.

We were up at 3.30am to check in for our flight to Singapore, which was all fine, and at Singapore airport Gabi very sadly left us and Charlotte and I flew onto Bangkok. We then got a taxi to the Koa San Road, checked into a really nice traveller's guesthouse and had a wander and some dinner before crashing out relatively early.

Today we have just been strolling around Koa San trying to readjust (which seems pointless seeing as in Sri Lanka we will immediately have to un-adjust, but there we are). We spent some time in the bookshop and some on the internet and am about to do a bit of souvenir shopping (read: battling to get what masquerades as a fair price for something that the recipient may well not even like - but I will do my best). And then we fly to Colombo this evening, at 9.10, so we have to leave in less than 3 hours to get to the airport, where Duty Free awaits us, twinkling in all its enticing glory.

I think that is pretty much a complete update of our recent movements, and I have nothing else particularly to add, apart from that I miss you all and not long to go now.

Lots of love xxxxxxxx