Bangkok from the air:
Great taxi system – you collect a ticket from one of the electronic kiosks and it tells you which bay to wait at. Just like Argos:
A few minutes later the taxi driver pulled up and I was off, fixed fares for each area of the city, so you don’t have to haggle either (which is always a bonus in my book).
Driving into the centre reminded me that Bangkok is a city growing out of the jungle – concrete edifices rise out of tropical foliage:
Mangoes are abundant in this part of the world. And they’re my favourite fruit, so I kicked off my trip with a mango juice (sorry – was so enthusiastic, I forgot to take a photo until it was finished!):
Followed by a tom yam soup:
Brilliant start to my trip.
Random stuff from today:
I don’t usually go into toilets with a urinal – for obvious reasons – so I’m not sure whether balls are standard. I assume it’s to keep the boys amused (and accurate):
