BANGKOK
May 7th: 7.30am we got the bus to bangkok today, boy was this some trip! We travelled on a clapped out old bus and since it had no A/C you had to keep the windows open to keep cool this was sufferable except that the road to the border was a dirt road so you were driving through dust clouds so you had a choice of bake to death or choke to death on the dust either way you end up sweaty,dirty and half choked to death! An hour into the journey the throttle cable snapped and we had to stop for some on the spot repairs this consisted of the driver tying some twine directly to the trottle linkage on the engine and up through the floor so he could pull from his seat. I most admit it worked but the gear changes were a bit rough and it took some of his attention away from the road at times! We eventually arrived at the border and had to que for an hour on the Cambodia side and then the Thailand border was no problems,we had to wait for an hour for more passangers to arrive and then we hoped on a truck to the bus stop. We had another 1+1/2hrs wait here and then we were off, the bus on this side was great. We arrived in Koasan road at 10.30pm at this stage we were knackered so we booked into the first guest house we found and hit the bed!

8th: We found a nice guest house in Siam called Wendy's it was a bit expensive (14euros) but you got a full breakfast for this price the rooms were clean, had A/C , hot-water and the staff were very friendly the MRT is 3 minute walk away.
We had decided to enjoy ourselves for a few days as we had been stidking to the budget and it was time to indulge a bit, Kate had emailed to say she would be in Bangkok on the 10th and it was her birthday and were we on for a night out she did'nt have to ask twice! As it was sunday we headed over to O'Riellys bar in Silom for a roast dinner this cost 17euros for the 2 of us and was dissapointing we got plenty of lamb meat but little else! The price of this would normal feed us for 1+1/2 days. That evening we went for astroll in Lumpini Park and then went to the night Bazaar were we did some shopping, had some food and listened to a local band playing. The night Bazaar is a great place to go for a night out the food stalls have a great selection from pizza to fried pigs intestines!

9th: Today we spent shopping and chilling out, that evening we got VIP tickets to the MBK Cinema to watch Kingdom of Heaven. These cost 6euros each, you get to wait for the film in a lounge and recieve a complementy fruit cocktail the seats are twice the size of normal seats, really comfy and recline the staff will also serve you in your seat. We both love the movies so this was heaven for us!!!

10th: More shopping today and we both got haircuts. We met up with Kate at 6.00pm Anna (from Vietianne) was there and two other Irish guys Bob and Steve. Kate was really taking the bulls by the horns partying with 5 "PADDIES" the night was excellent the gang were all very friendly Kate and myself had our first taste of fried grubs and liked them so much we got a bag of them to nibble on! Everyone had a great night and hopefully it was memorable birthday for Kate!

11th: Took easy today, recovering from last night. posted home some stuff we had bought. Went to the night Bazaar that night for eats and drinks. Tomorrow we are off to Singapore.