Hello Thailand

Have decided to make this a travel blog as well because well why not?

Two days ago I flew into Bangkok after just 3 hours sleep, after spending the first half of the day in some kinda of zombie like state I finally managed to pull myself together and after getting to know a few people at our hostel we headed out for a look around the city.

Bangkok like most asian cities I've been to smells like a weird mixture of sewage, home cooking (wafting from the various stall venders cooking their wares) and smoke from various cars. The next thing to hit you is how western it all looks, people on tablets, mobiles, using internet and every stop a seven eleven. This however is punctuated by moments of exoticism such as a local boy dance band performing on the street or flashes of gold, orange and red from the various

shines and temples that litter the city. Overhead electricity lines stretch like spiderwebs and through the street brightly coloured taxis, tuk tuks and moterbikes dodge and weave
around each other.

With my new friends we headed to a large market place on the edge of the city and walked down what seemed to be a never ending line of shirts, watches, paintings, statues and sarongs. After doing a fair bit of shopping we sat down to enjoy fried chicken with a deliciously spicy sauce.

After a night of getting to know some of my fellow travelers better we headed out to visit the famous reclining buddha, a staggeringly huge moment found just over the river from where our hostel was located. Set in one of the most impressive complexes you wander past fierce taoist status, flame licked buildings and brightly mosaic spires to reach the budda himself. Lit in an unearthly orange light the gold and serene figure was staggeringly large taking at least 10 minutes to walk all the way round. Round him people poured coins into various pots that lined the temple giving the impression of someone pouring huge amounts of rice into a metal pot.

Anyway thats enough from me today, will update you all with more soon.