A Travellers Blog : Day 1 of 170

How would you describe Bangkok?

Personally I'd describe it as a bee hive. Everyone has somewhere

to be and everyone has something to do and in all honesty the most

accurate word is 'crazy'. There is constantly so much going on around you

and you never know quite where to look (I literally saw people selling teeth

which was by far the creepiest thing and in fact I'd quite like to 'un-see' it)

So all of us have been waiting and dreaming of travelling from a young age,

however, nothing could prepare you for walking out into a foreign

city with absolutely no clue of what or where you are supposed to be going.

Luckily the Thai community are all very friendly and before

we knew it we were thrown into a tuk tuk and being driven around Bangkok. Now, let me tell you, England would have more than a few health and safety rules if they could see the way these Tuk Tuk's are driven

(I feared for our life's on several occasions).

After being taken around some of the local temples we made our way to the floating market which was truly relaxing as we sailed along the Chao Phraya river. However, as soon as we came across another tourist boat, our driver thought it was a brilliant idea to have a race, which we can say first hand, is not the most pleasant experience as you receive a face full of dirty river water.

We ended our Bangkok tour with the Grand Palace, which although is beautiful and one of the most majestic buildings we have ever seen it had it's faults

which Erin more than anyone else was more than welcome to point out.

Out of respect we were told to enter the building wearing trousers and a long sleeve top. For an average Thai person this, I'm sure was

perfectly normal, however, for foreign English girls in 31 degree heat it soon

became a bit of a problem. An hour later we were all so hot it felt like we

were being roasted. Luckily for us we soon came across some 'chocolate milk'

which has fast become one of favourite items to purchase here in Bangkok.