Back in the BKK

I got on the bus from Siem Reap headed for Bangkok for my final two weeks in SE Asia. I had no great plans for these two weeks but first on the list was a night out with a few familiar faces in BKK so maybe they could supply a few ideas on what to do with all my free time. There was a slight glitch in crossing the border into thailand which marred an otherwise uneventful journey. I arrived in the country a day early as my visa was only valid for 15 days which only covered me until the day before my flight out of the country. I didnt worry about it too much though as i figured it was a problem i could solve in BKK. I had spent a fair bit of time in Siem Reap mulling over where i would stay in BKK and since i was getting dropped off in Khao San Rd i decided to stay somewhere nearby at least for the one night. I wasnt meeting up with the gang till the following night and they would be going out in a completely different part of the city so i would probably have to move but so be it. So i picked a place in my Rough Guide which turned out to be really cheap but pretty eh basic. My mattress felt like it was made of wood it was that hard. I spent the night here determined to move in the morning.

The next day i rose early to check out and move to a different part of town closer to where the night out was planned. It was a tad more expensive but a hell of a lot nicer! Once i got that out of the way i went a'wandering to find someone or somewhere to fix my netbook. My camera also seemed to have taken its last picture so that needed replacing too. After a lot of looking i didnt have any joy on the former and was resigned to the latter. But i did discover that a few of my teacher friends were staying in the same hostel as me for the night out. It was great to see some of them again since it had been 8 months. There is also nothing like a room full of girls shouting your name at you :) So i hung out with them for a while, catching up before it was time to head out. We went to an area called Royal City Avenue which is the spot all the young thais go to. We met up with a gang of other teachers here, more friends two of whom tried to strangle me in their happiness to see me again! We had a great night of drinking, dancing and recounting stories of teaching experiences. It was also clear that the current semester was proving harder work to most people. Good thing i was off travelling so!!The following day i replaced my camera and decided to go to Ayuttaya which is a town just north of BKK which is home to some old temples. I got a train later that evening. I needed to get to somewhere a bit cheaper and more relaxed than BKK.