After finding a guesthouse half the price of my first night, I got talking to a few people in the restaurant downstairs. I wasn't planning on a big night, but we ended up heading to Khao San, and going to the bucket stall. We drank buckets of Sangsom Thai whiskey, coke & red bull, which went down far too easily! We bought some helium balloons from the touts walking by. Everyone is so friendly when you are drinking on the street, we got talking to an English/Thai couple who had their cute daughter with them. The guy went and bought a bag full of fried grasshoppers for us all to share! When the stall closed for the night, we headed to Gulliiver's on the corner, but I decided to call it a night not too much later. I woke up feeling a bit ill in the morning, when I had arranged to meet Weafer & Emma at a bar/restaurant on Khao San. As I was waiting for them, I got talking to 2 Irish guys who were continuing to drink after an all nighter. They were really friendly, so we arranged to meet later on. The girls arrived after a bit of a nightmare at the airport (Emma's bag was left in London), and we went in checked into our hotel. We had breakfast then wandered around Khao San for a little while. I then met the boys at their hotel to use the rooftop pool for free (yay!) whilst the girls slept off their jetlag. Was so nice sunbaking & swimming, felt miles away from the hecticness of Bangkok. Rory & Rob were being pretty Irish & rowdy, was a very entertaining afternoon. As I was leaving, we decided to catch up later on in the night, along with an English girl Laura Lea. I went and woke the girls up from their slumber, then we went and got some dinner at a street restaurant. After exploring the streets, we went and got a Thai massage. Painful at the time, but very very good! We were a bit tired, and kinda keen for sleep, so we went to leave at message at the boys' hotel to say we were bailing, but we spotted them on the street at the bucket stall... so we pulled up a stool, and decided to have a drink. This turned into a big night of drinking endless buckets, playing with helium balloons, trying on funny hats and carving up the dancefloor at The Club. I randomly bumped into a girl who was in my Laos group- the last time I saw her was about 6 weeks ago in the very same club! We wandered home after the music stopped and the lights came on. After a big sleep in the next day, we lazed around the pool in the afternoon. That night, we headed to Suan Lum Night Bazaar via a crazy tuk tuk ride! The shopping was amazing, I went a little bit crazy! There were so many little stalls selling really cool clothes, and all the normal homewares, scarves, souveniers, etc. By the time we got home & into bed, our 'quiet, early' night ended about 1am. The next day, we had another marathon shopping session, this time at Chatuchat weekend markets. It had over 8000 stalls, and in 4 hrs we probably only saw about half. After a big day walking, I enjoyed my oil foot massage very, very much. On Khao San that night, the girls were keen to try a grasshopper... I can just say they taste better when you have had a few drinks! On my last day in Bangkok (for the time being anyway), we got up early for delicious fresh fruit & muesli, and organised the girls' tickets to India. After a huge , delicious lunch, we got ourselves ready to depart. In 2 hours I will get on my bus headed south to Ko Lanta. Fingers crossed for good weather!
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