Back to Bangkok

On Friday 5th March, we flew back to Bangkok for a little regrouping, visa sorting, travel booking. and hopefully a little relaxation. We went back to Imm Fusion hotel; inexpensive, good breakfasts, helpful staff and a pool. You won't be surprised to read that I didn't have a Thai massage this time around.

We ended up staying a week; securing our China visas (which turned out very easy in the end, just a one day turnaround) and applying for our Vietnam visas online which allows us to apply for them on arrival in the country.

Cliff went out for a long training run (21 miles!) one morning, but when he came back he wasn't even sweating (unusual in this 35 degree heat) but his skin was incredibly hot (not sunburned). We feared he'd managed to get heat exhaustion, but his temperature was normal. It was a bit of a puzzle and he had to spend a couple of days in the room with the AC turned up to maximum and drinking loads of water, just to get back to normal.


Liam and I left him to rest and went to see the new Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. On the same floor as the cinema, they had a millionaire's car exhibition which mainly consisted of smart cars with two beautiful Thai models draped over them. And lots of amateur photographers. Liam's developed a bit of a liking to Top Gear in recent months and had his photo taken with a Ferrari (minus the Thai beauty).

One evening we returned to the hotel and were told that there was a problem on our floor (we'd noticed someone doing some electrical work outside our room) and they were going to have to upgrade us (for free) to a deluxe room. This really wasn't a problem! We got twice the amount of space for our last two nights. And a dvd player. Excellent.

We were glad to get on the road to Cambodia by the end of the week, we had enjoyed Bangkok but were starting to get a little bored by the end of our stay. Also we'd planned to leave before the Red Shirt demonstrations were due to start at the weekend, so it was all good timing.