We're in Krungthep mahanakhon amonratanakosin mahintara ayuthaya mahadilok popnopparat ratchathani burirom udomratchaniwet mahasathan amonpiman avatansathit sakkathattiya witsanukamprasit and how we've managed to Anglicise that into Bangkok I'm really not sure.
Don't think I like it here all that much. It's hot, muggy and it seems like everyone's trying to rip you off, which has just made us uber-cynical and slightly angry.
The journey here was a little bit crazy. We got an overnight train, figuring that we could do a bit of sleeping on the way up. We hadn't bargained on being right next to the karaoke carriage. More fool us. The train ride was made even less fun by the volume of dead mosquitoes that stuck themselves to your face if you did fall asleep.
Spent yesterday pottering round temples - they do a mean temple here, I'll give them that. We released some finches at the big Buddha for longlasting prosperity. We saw a bird that looked suspiciously like one of our finches in the mouth of a cat about 8 seconds later. I'm hoping that's not symbolic.
Spent last night watching Thai boxing. Only two fights drew blood. Rubbish.
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