Bangkok

Arrived safely in Bangkok (along with my luggage) after a brief stop in Singapore. Flight wasn´t too bad, 5 hours from Delhi to Singapore and another 2 hours from there to Bangkok after an hour and a half stop over. Singapore airport is a nice place to be stuck for a few hours, was sorry I didn´t have more time there, they have a whole load of free stuff for passengers passing through the airport on their way to other places.

Landed in Bangkok at 10am and had made it to the hotel by midday. After checking in and getting something to eat I went straight to bed for a nap, as I hadn´t really slept on the flight. My first impressions of Bangkok are that its very western in appearance, in comparison to some of the other parts of Asia that I´ve been to. I have a feeling that I´m not going to experience much of the ´real´ Thailand between here and Ko Samui. Having said that, after my 2 weeks in India, its nice to be in a relatively clean modern city, staying in a nice hotel where electricity and hot water are both reliably supplied! Its about 30 degrees here at the moment, a little humid but is definitely cooler than India.

Emerged from the hotel to go for a wander around my immediate surroundings, to be greeted by heavy rain. I had to go back to my room to retrieve an umbrella from my room that was provided by the hotel. So far have only made it down the road to an ATM to get some Thai Baht and to get a bite to eat (can´t remember what I had, some noodle dish but it was lovely).