Bangkok II

I only had a few days in Bangkok, primarily to arrange my Myanmar visa, but it was certainly a far more enjoyable experience than the first visit.

I think the main reason was the location and the hostel in which I stayed. This time I booked into a tradition wooden Thai style hostel near, but not on, the Khao San Road. This was a happy accident, as my bus happened to be dropping me in that area.

Bringing near the action, but far enough away to remove myself from it, made a whole different experience for me.

On the day I arrived I hunted down a blues bar that I had been meaning to visit on my first stop. I had a great night drinking with both the locals and a lively expat crowd. Needless to say, getting up early the next day to queue at a visa office was a pain!

The whole day spent arranging the visa was as painless as these thing can be, although involved much form filling and queuing. Lucky I'm British and so an expert...

The one day visa process gave me a free day to wander Bangkok, along the canals and all over the Old Town. A very pleasant day.

That evening set the tone for for the next 7 days of my travels in both Myanmar and Thailand, with the huge water fight that is their New Year celebrations (Songkram inThailand and Thingyan in Myanmar)

I'll talk about Myanmar in my next update. But the evening of the 12th in Bangkok was one huge and i mean HUGE water fight. I was ill prepared for this and ended up damp.

I spent the whole of the next day avoiding getting soaked before my flight, with only marginal success....

Next stop Myanmar