We got to our hotel fine last night. We ventured out for a beer and then had an earlyish night. Our hotel is on a dodgy road but it is nice inside. We are here til Monday then wil venture out of Bangkok.
Today (Thurs) we explored Bangkok and the culture. Kicking off the day in Starbucks we soon got on the Skyrail - an elevated metro system. We headed to the main shopping areas. Explored a massive mall and walked to the sports stadiums. We went in a massive mall with an enormous amount of shops and restaurants. We had a nice a nice meal and drink for the equivilent of GBP1.40.
Anyway we are now back at the hotel having a recharge, will go in the pool in a min and head out this evening.
Over and out.
continued....
After a few lengths in the pool we had dinner in our hotel. We had local food and 'light beers'. We are picking up some phrases and we are perfecting the little bow when saying hello/goodbye. We then headed out to the Skytrain (BTS - Bangkok Train Sky) to Victoria Monument a few stops down the line. I had decided I wanted to check out a live jazz bar and this had been recommended. It was called Saxophone Pub, located next to a big market place and under the BTS station. It has two floors so is reasonably big. We were seated to our table and ordered 3 beers. The room place was cosy, warm, had great music and an even better atmosphere. A Thai couple next to us started talking to us - asking us where we were from etc. We asked them for information and top tips too. Turns out the man went to uni in the UK in Hastings years ago! A few hours later we left. As the BTS was closed we got a taxi back (57 baht), which was cheaper than the BTS anyway (90 baht for 3 of us) !
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