20.10.07 - 21.10.07 Thailand, Bangkok - Mad Traffic & Tut Tut!!!

More Lady Boys!!
Lady Boys in Show!!
My new Tut Tut!!
Thai Crewe!!
Kohn San Road
Original thai massage instructions
Reclining Buddah - Huge!!
The Grand Palace
The Grand Palace
The Grand Palace
Me and thai tour guide
The Grand Palace
Hiya Guys
Well flight over from Sydney to Thailand was experience. I was on a Airbus, never been on one before but was really fab, sat in seat 44a - wing seat middle of this massive plane which I never thought would get off the ground. Flight was fab, food was fab, got everything you needed, loads of seat room cos no one sat next to me so I slept about fours hours, those tablets I have are great!!! (THANKS DAWN!) We had to fly to Brisbane then to Bangkok 9 hrs later arrived 6.30am their time so Im only 6 hours behind you guys now!!! After picking up my bags and going through customs hit this almighty crowd in the arrivals area. There were signs everywhere with peoples names but not mine!!! Walking along following the instructions to find 'Greenway' I was asked so many times 'taxi lady, taxi lady' I was like no no no no ahhh no!!! They never gave up! Half an hour later still couldnt find 'Greenway' so went to information desk, who paged them, waited waited still no one. So I rang the coordinator number after having to get change!!!! He was at home, didnt expect me till later so would I get taxi myself to the hotel!! Ahghhhh went outside and managed to weave through more taxi men to the public taxis and finally got to the hotel 8.30am!! Traffic was mad in Bangkok, tut tuts, motorbikes, scooters and cars, buses and lorries everywhere, horns going mad!!!
Hotel was canney but pool wasnt available due to maintainence work!! Room was good, air con and basic but really clean. Met rest of the group about 10am, there are 8 of us, all ladies, 3 younger than me in 30's couple same age as me and rest are older but not too old!! We set off for the Kings Palace which was amazing, the jewels and architecture of the buildings fab! Then onto the Jade Buddha and the Reclining Buddha and onto where thai massage was originated. Mr Ben is our tour guide his english is hard to understand and he is like a whippet out of the blocks, crossing the streets and leaving us stuck at the other side wondering how to get across the mad traffic ha ha! We took the free tut tut from the hotel, an experience in itself fun fun totally!!! Mr June (another tour guide)took us out for dinner(tea) to Kohn Son Road, first impressions was that it was really busy and lots to see and bargins galore to be had!! I expected Bangkok to be more dirty but it wasnt and not really muggy but maybe that was just me! Back to hotel for few shandies, 200 Bahts for jug of lager (64 bahts = 1 pound, cigarettes are 60 bahts defo great value for money think Im gonna enjoy spending here ha ha!
Next day we set off in two pink taxis to JJ Market, which was fab, lots of bargins to be had and outside was market stalls like I'd never seen for animals, there was a live cock fight going on, little rabbits dressed up in cages, every type of animal you could wish for your could buy and no westerns to be seen, me and Kim walked down one aisle and we thought, think we come the wrong way so quickly headed back out and into the other part of the outside market with clothes etc!! Bit hairy to say the least but we live and learn!! Went to jewellry store where we watched short video and then when we left there was one thai sales assistant to each of us and they chaperoned us around the store, mine was like glue couldnt loose her so I couldnt get good look, as soon as I stopped to look she was like, you try you buy. In the end I tried loosing her by walking fast through everyone around but when got to the gift shop at the back and picked up a bag, she was behind me again saying this is blah blah......!!!! I wanted to say'Leave me alone' but didnt dare so just walked out. The others were outside too and said the same mad how they follow you!! Night time we headed out to see Calypso show - lady boys!! I tell you what some of them were gorgeous and I mean I couldnt tell the difference unless looked closely at their necks for the adams apple or at their hands, but some were not that pretty to say the least!!!! Fab show though defo worth going to see. Back at hotel and we had few shandies before heading bed ready to leave tomorrow for Singburi!!
Luv and hugs xxxx