Balmy Bangkok!

Hello blog-readers


It's hot as hell here :) So far we have seen bats the size of magpies, more street food than you can shake a stick at, which have included locusts, grubs and cockroahes. Marc ordered a pint of locusts but I just settled for one cockroach ;) Seriously, this is a very interesting city which doesn't seem to sleep. Everything is relatively cheap and so far we've eaten some pretty good food (no insects as yet)

Today we visited the Wat Pho Temple and the Grand Palace, which was pretty fantastic we thought! Everywhere we turned there were buildings covered in sparkly things. Each one would have been amazing in isolation.

There are quite a few scammers hanging around outside, so you have to have your wits about you! We took our first tuk-tuk ride and tried out the river ferries  - we're still trying to decide which is least unsafe!

RATS! Frankly I've seen two too many ha ha. We saw one of them this evening in an outside restaurant. Well, to be honest we never saw it but rather heard the screams of a fellow westerner who clapped eyes on it whilst sipping a mojito :) 
Yesterday we visited Marc's cousin Alick, who lives on the outskirts of Bangkok, we met his lovely wife and uber cute daughters. They were hosting a BBQ and we ate Halloumi cheese from Norfolk and some yummy Thai food too.

Tomorrow is going to be a 'sorting out' kinda day in preparation for us heading off south east to Ko Chang, which is a small island with beautiful beaches. We're really looking forward to having a relaxing few days after the madness of BK.


We've uploaded a few photos for you to take a look at and we'll blog again when we get the chance xxx