Bangkok

We were here for 3 days and purposely didnt want to do any of the normal temple sites but go shopping and see the night sights.
So first stop was a hotel on Th Khao San called D & D inn. We arrived here at 8 in the morning from the train journey. We didnt actually want to be on Khao San Road but the taxi driver managed to overcharge us and then just dropped us off on this road even though we directed him to another road putting us both in a bad mood.
This road is where all the backpackers stay on. Its a drinking road but weirdly closes at 12. For example at 12 oclock on the first night we were sat on the road on some plastic stools chatting to some people drinking from plastic glasses, when suddenly we had to stand up and look like we were just walking around as the police went past. We then were able to sit back on our plastic stools again and continue chatting.
The days were spent shopping, we found a great shopping centre that had floors and floors of stuff to buy, so we bought a lot of stuff. It was Simons turn to go mad this time.
To go shopping we took what they call Tuk-Tuks . This was one of those things on the tick list to have done and is now completed. It was not the nicest journey we have had as it stinks of exhaust fumes and is very nosy.
The other entry on our list of things to do was to go to a ping pong show on Patpong Road. This was a disaster as we got ripped of when we went in to a club and had to pay triple the price of the drinks that they said. I tried to argue with the madam but really we didnt have any choice and as Simon pointed out, me arguing with this women is not going to get us anywhere apart from a punch on the nose. The girls just wanted tipping all the time for trying to massage my arms whilst we watched the bored fat semi naked girl fire darts from her bits into the balloons (was actually pretty impressive). We quickly had our drinks and left and instead of going into any other bars we went around the market instead. Ah shopping again.
So it was back to forgetting the seedy side of Bangkok and sticking with the dodgy shopping side of Bangkok. I think overall i preferred Kuala Lumpur for shopping.
Just before we left Thailand i managed to convince Simon that he couldnt leave without having some type of massage so he had 30mins of foot reflexology and i had a back massage. I think Simon came out better then i did because the women whilst very good caused me a lot of pain pulling me and pounding me. I think the objective is for them to get my bones to crack but as my bones dont really crack anyway it really hurt :-).

Flight to Macau was on Thursday 11th October on Air Asia