Bangkok

We left Langkawi and flew back to Penang, as the sea looked a bit rough and we didn't think we could stomach the return journey by ferry. We then caught a flight to Bangkok, our next destination.
When we arrived at our hotel, we were pleasantly surprised at how cool it was. It felt a bit like a cross between a school and a hippy commune. Have a look at the photo of Andrew sitting on a swing in the entrance or Shivani sitting at a table in the corridor. The wall behind Shivani was hand painted on and this theme continued throughout the whole place; our room had painted on pot plants and butterflies everywhere.
We only had a couple of days before Andrew's friend Nick arrived to meet us for a holiday out here, so we decided to check out Bangkok.
We visited a weekend market, which was absolutely massive; holding thousands of stalls selling everything from the most beautiful hand-carved teak furniture to key chains.
Our hotel was in "Old Bangkok", which was great, as we were getting to see how the real Bangkokians live and kept stumbling across little hidden temples like you see in the picture with a tuk-tuk whizzing past.
We were about a 10 minute walk to Kao San Road, a famed back-packer street, filled with restaurants and bars, which was nice for a wander. Especially when the guys in the lairy suit and funky sunglasses came cycling by. He was advertising a free buffet at a vegetarian restaurant called May Kaidees. Well, after putting in so much effort, we simply could not refuse and headed there immediately. The food was pretty good and they had a traditional Thai dancer there, who we found out was May Kaidee herself.