Thailand: Bangkok

I wake up early in the morning to make the most out of my day, I know that I'm going to change to a different hostel, to one which is closer to Khao San road, you know, the popular backpackers road that appears in "The beach". Anyway, you can't check in until 2 o'clock usually so I decide to visit the weekend market, for real this time. It was huge, I think I spent 3 hours walking around only to later find out that I missed loads and loads of parts, you can literally buy everything there, from fake clothes and sunglasses, tattoos, and second hand shoes to pets or worse. I even found a little restaurant selling paella!!! where will it end?

I have a curry with rice in one of the little food stands at the market and continue to have a look at the little park which is just north of the market and then head back to get my luggage. 

After a little walk and eventually a tuk tuk ride I arrive at Khao San road, it's just like you would imagine, thousands of people walking around, the same amount of Thai trying to scam you, lure you to diamond shops or sell you whatever they are trying to sell. My hostel is a few roads further so I continue my walk, in the 5 minutes it takes me to get to my hostel they only tried to sell me 5 suits, 6 buses to anywhere I want, and a few precious gems. 

The hostel was a nice place with western staff, had a nice little garden, I met a lot of nice people and head to have dinner with someone that was fluent in spanish, german, italian, english and french being only 19 years old, incredible. After dinner I end up talking to a Norwegian guy that lived in Torrevieja for a year!! My god isn't the world small.

Big Buddha 

The following day I had a look at what my next destination would be, I thought that Chiang Mai would be cool, but I wanted to stay one more day at te hostel, because the mood was nice. I checked for a room and they said that there was nothing available that night, so change of plans, I booked the night bus with destination Chiang Mai, so I had the whole morning to wander a bit more in Bangkok.

The disappointing China Town experience 

I started the day walking direction of the Grand Palace, and one he way there I saw a few Tuk Tuks offering a little town trip for just 30 bat, of course this tour will include a fake tourist info and a visit to a suit salesman, but I thought it would be okay, they don't force you to by anything, just to walk around and check out the place where they bring you. I visited the Big Buddha, a Buddha statue that is up to 41 Metres high, and that in middle of the city, after this one I went to a very local temple which was only open because it was the "sunday" of the Buddhists, there was a little statues of a black happy Buddha, and a local told me that they pray to him for luck and happiness. After these I went to the obvious tourist scams, the tourist info and so further... Anyway, after the little tuk tuk drive I get dropped of back at Wat Pho, and after visiting that temple I decided to have a look at china town.

I was quite hungry by the time I arrived at the Chinese streets so I searched the market for any food stand, I had a Thai noodle soup in a stand that seemed to be very popular among locals. I continued my walk around china town and have to admit that I found it quite disappointing, at least during the day, nothing to typical or special. Then again, I heard that it’s really impressive if you go during night time, when all the Chinese billboards and lights get turned on. On my walk back to the hostel I found a few more temples and parks which were quite nice to see. Once I got back I just had to make my luggage and wait for the bus to pick me up. A 12 hour bus ride was awaiting me.