Thailand

We may have stayed in Bangkok for too long, just over two weeks in total but after India and Nepal, this place was just so comfortable. The guesthouse we stayed in was great, it had everything you could need, including an HD projector for movie and pizza nights. It was situated deep into the city boundaries, we were never more than 15 minutes away from anywhere of interest via the sky train. It was a Thai part of town, unknown really to backpackers, so our guest house of about 15 people represented all the westerners in that part of the city. We were maybe 5 minutes walk from a food street, anything you could ever want to eat was on this street. I usually went for the crispy pork and fried rice with a fried egg on top, I had this every day for 15 days and still enjoyed it as much as the first time. Managed to go to a professional Muay Thai fight televised live across Asia, probably the second time I've been on TV during this trip, the atmosphere was great. The guy who ran the guesthouse was good friends with a guy who ran a moonshine bar off of Khaosan Road (probably the most famous road in Asia). We drank beer and homemade whiskey and rice liquor, made with some 30 spices apparently, very tasty. I was a bit rubbish at taking pictures in Bangkok and most of the pictures below are of Chang Mai ruins. The picture of the washing line is just outside the guesthouse where I stayed for two weeks. Had my first encounter with elephants in Chiang Mai and I can honestly say they scared the bejesus out of me, they are huge. Though I did stroke a baby elephant on the head in Chiang Rai at a local market but alas, I forgot my camera, again.