A year in Thailand: BANGKOK

Sa wa dee ka! (hello).

It’s been a surreal week and this is the first time I have sat down and relaxed properly. We all arrived in Bangkok at about 7am Thai time on Friday 30th were we greeted by our Rep Lucie. We were taken to the hotel we were staying in and we thankfully left to relax for the rest of the day. We were all shattered. After a sleep and dip in the pool i felt freshened up and was ready to hit Bangkok. Everyone was taken out for a lovely dinner by Lucie and Nick – our other rep. The food was amazing – Lucie had ordered a wide selection of food for us to try. I can already tell I'm going to come back atleast a few stone heavier! We were then taken to an open top bar in the middle of Bangkok. It was called Cloud47 – 47 floors up and it really did feel like we were in the clouds looking down on the lighted city. It was so beautiful and breathe taking at the same time. After a jar of Singha Thai beer, me and a few others stayed out and experienced our first taste of street food on the 1am walk home (sober I add)– pancakes with sugar and condensed milk – it was amazing watching the man flip the dough and chop the fruit so fast. The taste was sensational and a perfect end to our first night in Thailand.

view from Cloud 47

The next day we were left to go out and explore Bangkok to buy a phone and the necessities. We travelled on the Bangkok underground a short distance, which was a much quieter and cleaner a experience than what I had experienced on the London underground the previous week. After purchasing a phone a group of us went to a massive shopping mall, where every floor was decorated by influences from different cities.

The day passed quickly and it was soon time for us to head back to the hotel and pack our stuff in preparation for leaving to our project that night.