Well since I updated this journal yesterday we have had an oil massage at a very posh spa, had a pedicure at a salon that was definitely not posh in any way and today we had a thai massage and a reflexology foot massage. And this was in between eating lots of incredibly cheap food and walking round the royal palace and Wat Pho. Both amazing buildings but with completely different atmospheres! Will show you the photos asap. Safia also bought some stylish glasses and we finished the day off with a meander down Khao San Road. We both decided that we are too old and geriatric to have stayed there (for party animals only...most of them 18 or wishing they were).
We avoided touts who kept claiming the attractions were shut and that we should see the standing buddha instead (of course this entailed a tuktuk ride at a special price). And we managed to find and get on and off the right bus to take us all the way across town - this did take about an hour to find but hey we did it all by ourselves and kept to our plan of avoiding stinky tuktuk drivers.
Yesterday we ate at a restaurant called Cabbages and Condoms. Weird sounding but actually run by a charity that encourages use of condoms throughout Thailand and supports women with AIDs/HIV etc. Amazing place - we ate outside under massive trees with drooping vines and lights everywhere.
Tomorrow we are planning on walking around Chinatown and finding a nightmarket as well as booking our train tickets for the next week or so.
Safia is going to write a story on here now as well
xxx
Kim
