AHHH! Day 1 - and it's WET!

Well i arrived in Bangkok at 3.30 this afternoon, and after some brilliantly talented negotiations managed to get a taxi into the city. The taxi man wouldn't take me all the way in though as he said his car would get dirty from all the water and flour, and that i would have to walk to where i wanted to go! He told me 10mins, which ended up being 30, after which i was completely SOAKED head to toe, and had a weird floury paste all over my face...it's new year here, which is celebrated by a mass water fight throughout the city for a few days. You literally can't walk a metre outside without getting pelted, quite fun really but i don't want to buy my own water pistol cos i'm trying to save!

Thai new year - me after taking a short walk in the city

So i've checked into a 'hotel', it's pretty clean and i have my own bathroom which is nice! It did cost about a tenner though so will be getting a cheaper place tomorrow, after a good nights sleep ha. Plan so far is to get moving down south as quick as poss to the islands. Bangkok is certainly an experience but you don't need long to appreciate it, it's so packed and dfficult to move in the streets. And it smells a bit.

Well i best go, my internet timer is saying 2 mins, i don't like the time pressure! Probably will go to get a bit of a midnight snack then go to bed (it's 12.30am here at the mo)

More news sooooon!xxx

written by

Ayglesia on April 14, 2007 from Bangkok, Thailand

from the travel blog: Alex's round the world adventure

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