Day 203 (Fri 26 Jan) - Bangkok

Despite Jo's resistance we were forced by the train staff to get up at 5.15am even though we didn't arrive into Bangkok until 6.15am. We hung around the train station for a hour wasting time before we took a taxi to Khao San Road to find somewhere to stay. We ended up going back to the New V. Merry Guesthouse as it had been cheap and convienent. Though unfortunately this time our room was on the 4th floor, as there is no lift, we had to sleepily clamber up the steep stairs with our heavy rucksacks to our room.

We spent the rest of the morning sleeping and make up for our terrible night's sleep.
Got up at lunchtime and played around on the internet for a few hours.

Jo's Dad and his wife (Steve and Fiona) were due to arrive in Bangkok later in the day and we'd agreed to go round to their hotel at 7pm. It was great to see them.

After exchanging news we popped over the road to May Kaidee's vegetarian restaurant. It was a tasty meal but unfortunately they didn't serve wine (only beer - lucky Sarb) so Jo and Sarb popped in the Wild Orchid guesthouse for a glass of wine on their way back to their hotel. Sadly no sign of the little pupster we'd met a few weeks ago!