Andy's Blog - Gone Further

After a week in Singapore & KL with their hefty taxes on alcohol we were looking forward to having a bit of a blow out in filthy-cheap Bangkok where a bucket of strong cocktail will set you back about three pounds whereas pint in KL was about the same price. Our plans were scuppered [...]

My first post on this South East Asia trip comes to you from the most ‘un S.E. Aisian’ city of the lot. We didn’t really know what to expect from this place but I was hell bent on coming here guided in no small way by the opportunity to fly on the Airbus A380, [...]

So we managed to get out of the hotel and head to the old town of Bangkok with the aim of seeing the stuff going on there. We were lucky that Pezza’s hangover cleared when it did because we got there for about 2.30pm and the thing shuts at 3.30pm. We pulled up at the [...]

They say that the Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha are some awe inspiring sights that are a genuine ‘must see’ when in Bangkok; that is why we booked a morning tour of these magnificent structures and other places of interest in Bangkok’s Old Town. That is where we should be right now but instead [...]