Hello from Bangkok! 29/01/09

I am writing this e-mail from an internet cafe in Bangkok. Well, we have been here just over 24hrs now and it is pretty hot - wearing my summer gear at last. We managed to get our luggage at the airport with no hassle then a bus into Bangkok from the airport. We manged to find our "guest house" pretty easily and after dumping our bags, went straight out for a beer on the famous Ko San Road! It was a bit like Magaluf! We are staying quite close to the busyness, but our guest house is in a very quiet street where we have a double room with a/c and hot shower! Today was our first day and have spent it walking around the Grand Palace and have taken many photos of Buddah's! We then walked for ages through the local Thai streets which was really interesting and found a chinese place for lunch where I had duck and rice for a pound! Lovely! We have bought our train tickets to travel north to Chang Mai tomorrow. The train leaves local time at 7:30pm and arrives in Chang Mai at 7:30am! I think we'll spend 3-4 days there and try some elephant trekking ang thai cookery course.