Upon arriving at Bangkok airport, which is an amazing building with lots of glass and very futuristic I needed a while to locate the hotel rep who picked me up and took me to the hotel. It was only a 20 minute drive from the airport, and I guess quite far from Bangkok itself, but as I yet again arrived after dusk it was great to take in all the lights and the hustling and bustling.
The hotel itself was up a dark alley passed busy street food stalls and a small market, so I decided not to venture out by myself to get dinner. The hotel deal online advertised a free Thai Massage, which I had booked for 9pm, but after realising I'd have to wake up at 3.30 am and the massage being postponed to 10pm I cancelled it - or so I thought. I ordered some dinner - first Thai food in Thailand, which cost me 100 Thai Baht - 4 US Dollars. When I was waiting around to get on the internet at just before 10pm, I was approached by a Thai woman who works at the hotel and was informed that she would be giving me a massage after all.
towel artwork at the hotel
The massage itself was unreal, never having had one before I did not know what to expect. So when the small, fat (Sorry, Mum, I mean CURVY) middle age woman starting clambering around on me I had to try really hard not to laugh. I managed to stay awake for the whole hour as I was terrified I'd find out it was a scam and would wake up robbed and naked in a Bangkok hotel, but it all turned out ok. Afterwards I collapsed into bed and fell asleep with the TV on, I must have dropped off somewhere between CSI and Leverage, all in English but, as I suprisingly recognised, Vietnamese subtitles.
first gecko (and not the last!)
My wake-up call came at 3.30 and at 4am a minibus took me back to the airport in time for my flight to Hanoi, Vietnam!
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