Bangkok...

Is a crazy place. I don’t know how you can like the place really although it does grow on you a bit. I was pretty pissed off when I got there as I needed to get my visa for India and had to wait a week in Bangkok to get it as I had to hand my passport in. I lasted a few days and then got fed up with the place and just went south without my passport

Some waterfalls near a place called Kanchanaburi



Bridge over the river Kwai. There is a cemetry and museum telling the history which is very much focussed on the allied forces. It’s strange though as there were more Asians that died from building this bridge/railway line than the other countries put together. The museum was very good though



Temples are boring (with few exceptions), they are everywhere and often the biggest tourist attractions in towns/cities. This is a 16 metre tall buddha, why they chose to build this I have no idea. I can’t imagine it was the first thing on the buddha’s mind after reaching enlightenment. I learnt pretty quickly to avoid them




A place called Lophburi, famous for temples and monkeys. Why did I go there? The monkeys... My hotel was surrounded by wire fencing and electric wire also. Every few hours I would here a monkey scream as it had been electrocuted. Who’s in the cage?



And I had a chicken outside my window also. Strange




My friend Ian came over for a holiday so we went to one of the islands on the south east coast. Same same, well, we got a hut on the beach which was nice but couldn’t sleep between the hours of 1 and 3 a.m. due to drunk people shouting and people on scooters. I’m sure if I’d have tried harder we could have found a quieter beach etc etc. It was funny watching people pose on this ‘picture perfect’ palm tree outside our hut



I think Ian felt the same way about the Thai holiday islands after a few days so we set off for Cambodia to go and see some temples... These are special ones though!