bangkok 2

So, Bangkok 2 was good. We found a nice guest house called Thara which is in a nice area and only five minutes from the night life.
We arrived in early evening and checked into the guest house which was 500 baht a night, which is about ten euro.
We headed to the Khao San for food and beverages and ended up hanging out with Sean from California, whose dad is from Cork, and the gang he had gathered.
The next day we went for a stroll to the grand palace and Wat po. We stopped at a map and were told by a tourist officer that we should consider hiring a tuk-tuk driver for 20 baht and head to Wat in for the tall Buddha, troyal, Wat saket and then back to the grand palace. So we hired a tuk-tuk driver and all was going well until we were mad go to a “tourist office” and then he tried to bring us to another “sponsors” house so we paid up at Wat saket and once again did not make it to the grand palace so we headed to MBK shopping centre, ate, bought a mini notebook and went to see Bangkok dangerous which is a shite film and a waste of everyone’s time and money. Once again Nicholas Cage is a baddie with soul or whatever.
The following day we sorted out the night train to Chiang Mai. We booked a first class sleeper cabin for 28 euro a night.
Then we went to see the reclining Buddha, emerald Buddha and the grand palace and we actually made it there, woohoo. I of course thought the emerald Buddha, which is actually jade, would be bigger. It was teeney but lovely.
All of the wats are so peaceful that it makes a nice change from the general pace of Bangkok.
We headed back to our accommodation and headed to the night train to Chiang Mai.