Bangkok

Hello everyone. We arrived in Bangkok on Saturday morning after a very long journey and had to wait until about 1 in the afternoon to check in. Didn't get a lot done on Saturday because we were so tired, apart from going to see Wat Traimit temple which is not far from our hotel, it has the biggest golden Buddha temple in the Thailand inside. 

On Sunday, after going to bed at half 7 the night before, we were up pretty early and went to the Chatuchak weekend market which was huge and really cheap. I got some Havanna flip flops for 2 quid and some Abercrombie shorts for 8. Yesterday was by far the best day, we went on a day trip out of the city to see the Bridge over the River Kwae, rode some elephants and stroked tigers in the Tiger Temple

The Tiger Temple was a Budhist temple, where the monks raise the tiger cubs from birth meaning they aren't scared of people and carry on sleeping while you stroke them.  And tigers sleep most of the day anyway so just lie there while you stroke them. It was still pretty scary though.

Today we are going to the Grand Palace and then we were supposed to be getting the train to Laos but one of Nash's friends from uni arrives in Bangkok today so we decided to stay one more night and go out with them. We get the sleeper train at 8 tomorrow night, arriving 8 on Thursday morning, so next time I post I will be in Laos.

Speak to you soon.