Our First Video Diary: Three Days in Bangkok!

We've been here for three days and yes, we're still freaking out! As mentioned in the video, we have now booked our trip northwards; two night in Ayutthaya and then a sleeper train to Chiang Mai, where we shall go an a three-day trek (!!) and then have three more nights to recuperate and decide what to do next!

Photos and more details later :)

IN BANGKOK!!!!!!!!!

WE'RE IN BANGKOK!!

We said goodbye to Dad at Heathrow and leapt into adventure! It was scary.

The flight was looong - 12hrs - and hard. We didn't have those personal screen things D: so we had to watch movies on the big screen. I watched Karate Kid and 'slept' through the rest, Sam watched Last Airbender and Prince of Persia. The view out of the window was amazing - huge cities and rivers and mountains, and we saw a massive lightning storm over India. It was astounding. Plane food was a let-down hower - the evening meal was yummy but the so-called omlette for breakfast was horrible and made me feel very, very sick.

Bangkok is hot, very smelly and very, very sticky. It's also colourful! We haven't seen ever much, because when we got to our hotel we just collapsed. We had planned on sleeping til about lunchtime, but we didn't get up til about 5 pm. We decided to wander around, found the main back-packing areas pretty quickly, Khao San Road being the famous one. That's where we are now, in a little internet cafe inside a parade of shops.

Our hotel room has, of course, been given the Heffernan treatment :)

FOUR DAYS TO GO!

Nearly there!

I have spent today packing and throwing things away, with Dad's help. Sam has only just started packing today! He's finding the whole process rather baffling, poor fellow.

I have discovered that by and large, today's packing involved putting things into small bags in order to put them into bigger bags (in some cases, such as very small jewlery, I was packing them into tiny bags to pack into small bags to pack into bigger bags).

Many small bags.

I bought two pairs of shoes yesterday, as well as a bunch of other suff including an unexpected free haircut :) One is a pair of Converse sneakers for wearing hiking etc and the other is a pair of pink camo pumps for everyday. I like them :D

I also have two travel clocks. One of them is a robot.

What's In The Bag? Packing!

PACKED

Clothing:

• Shoes: flip flops, pumps, trainers
• Swimmers: board shorts and swimming costume
• Underwear
• Waterproof Jacket
• Jean 3/4lengths
• T Shirts
• Sunhat

First Aid:

• First Aid kit:
• Malaria pills
• Plasters
• Tweezers
• Bandages
• Steri strips
• Anticeptic Wipes
• Nurofen Tablets
• Norehisterone Tablets
• Safety Pins
• Inhaler x 2 (HL)
• Immodium

Hygiene:

• Shampoo/Conditioner bar in tin
• Washbag
• Compact Mirror
• Travel Towel
• Deodorant
• Toothbrush
• Combs
• Sleep masks x 2 (HL)
• Toothpaste
• Ear buds
• Soap Bar
• Make Up Bag
• DEET spray
• Travel Clothes Wash
• Facewipes

Technology:

• Digital Camera (HL)
• Digital Camera Case + Spare Batteries etc
• Mobile Phone (HL)
• Wind Up Torch
• Battery Torch
• Mini Torch (HL)
• Usb multi card reader
• Mini Camera Tripod
• Travel Clock x 2
• Booklight

Other:

• Playing Cards x 2 (HL)
• Guide Book (HL)
• A6 Sketch Book
• Travel Watercolour set
• Travel Documents + Tickets (HL)
• Passport (HL)
• Money Belt
• A4 Sketchpad
• Sharpies (HL)
• Purse (HL)
• Photocopies of birth certificate, passport and visa
• Photo album
• Compass
• Cassette Player (HL)
• Cassettes (Books and Music) (HL)
• Padlocks
• Passport Photos
• Puzzlebooks
• Pencil Cases

TO BUY/PACK

Other:

• A5 Sketchpad?
• Notebooks
• MONEY
• Novels
• Plane activities!
• Inflatable Pillow
• String

TO DO

• Unlock Mobile Phone
• Get money