Bridget: There were so few of us on the bus AE2 from the airport – all heading to Khao San Road, that the driver skipped out the previous 4 or 5 stops and took us all straight there. We finally figured out where the bus had dumped us and slowly navigated our way to the first guest house on my list of 3 to try out. Bella Bella Guest House – 270BHT for a double room/fan/shared bathroom. Not too bad, so we took it – even if it was a bit grotty – we didn’t have the energy left in us to trawl to the next place.
We dumped our stuff in the room and headed to the nearest place offering cheap eggs and bacon. We then attempted walking the streets of Banghlamphu and Khao San Road, but we soon realised that the jet lag was dragging us back to our room by our baby toes!....we slept for the rest of the afternoon.
At 5.30pm we took a stroll to Sawasdee House where we had an amazing dinner accompanied by a few cocktails and the in-famous Tiger Beer. The service was brilliant and the atmosphere, music and general 'buzz' was unreal.
We then meandered down to the Silk Bar on Khao San Road and continued with the cocktails. I can’t get over how this street becomes alive at night! Food stalls, fruit stalls and the endless rows of market stalls selling everything from clothes and shoes to fake Univeristy Degrees and Drivers Licenses!
I enjoyed a good haggling session with a very sweet, almost shy stall keeper whom I managed to buy a lovely white a red beach dress from for 200BHT – original price 450BHT!
We headed off to bed around 10.30pm. Absolutely BEAT!
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