day 1: Thursday 15th Oct
after 36 hours of being awake and flying over 12 hours of that – we finally touched down in Bangkok – then after what looked like lax security – and avoiding a couple of over anxious and pushy tour opearator and taxi drivers – made it to our hotel – u definitely notice the heat immediately- its something like 8:34 am now and over 28 degrees C – so yeah its hot
Hotel is of a good standard and bathroom and shower works well – Breakfast was basic but plenty of it – from room temp fruit like watermellon, pineapple and papaya to eggs, ham , croissants and other baked products, to the usual cereals
Khao San road is 3 minutes from our hotel – so even though we were extremely tired we decided to go take a look once we had taken showers. You could tell straight away “this wasn’t kansas any more toto” -from the several touts trying to grab our attention to sell us something to the street full of clothes, silks, scarves, x-massed produced item – you name it – and the other somewhat bewildered looking western tourists- we bought a couple of items – being not that used to the bartering yet – paid the full $10 for two singlet tops – later i was crafty and saved $3.50 on a pair of billabong (maybe) shorts – go me 
its overcast right now – and we are deciding between Shopping at MBK and the Grand Palace – prob both – if we survive the heat 
This internet is cheap though – 10b for 15 min – so $1NZ for 30min
