10th December 2008

Hi everyone! Hope you are all enjoying the frosts and getting ready for Christmas.

Well... we arrived in Bangkok on Saturday the 6th of December and actually landed at the main airport with absolutely no sign of any troubles or yellow t-shirts. We had a good flight apart from 2 things, a very drunk bloke sitting next to Adam (who thankfully fell asleep after the first hour) and Clare coming down with the stomach bug that Adam kindly donated to her last week.

The roads were empty on the way to the City Centre from the airport, so after a short taxi ride, we both arrived at our first hotel, Suk 11. The word Hotel is used in the loosest of terms, it was a backpackers hostel, but one of the prettiest we've seen. Individual rooms all made in a traditional style from teak... not sure it'd pass the health and safety laws in the UK though!

We arrived tired in our hotel, which was in a very nice & quiet area, but the stomach bug had started to get a hold on Clare, so for the first time in her life she had lost her appetite & didin't even fancy a Chang Beer! We had planned to stay only the one night in Bangkok, but as Clare was clearly not well enough for travelling anywhere, nevermind leaving the hotel room, we stuck it out for an extra night. We had no TV or any entertainment, so Adam ended up reading Clare's book in a day, while popping out for the occasional bowl of noodles.

After loading Clare up with immodium we decided to embark on a 3 hour journey to Hua-Hin on Monday morning. It was a pleasant journey with not a huge amout of legroom (I think they make these buses for the Thai people not westerners) which only cost 3GBP each.

We are staying in a nice hotel called the Chaba Chalet which is a stones throw from the night market and a short walk to the beach. Luckily for Clare she is feeling much better now & is finally getting her appetite back, so watch out night market tonight!!

We are planning on staying here until Friday the 12th of December and getting a little R&R while we are here. Then we are off back up to Bangkok for the night & planning on travelling East to Cambodia via Trat. We'll keep you posted on our movements very soon!