Having departed on our trip woefully underpreparred in some respects (thinking that 5 pairs of underwear and a matching number set of socks would suffice as well as one pair of shorts) and not being allowed to purchase any of the goods I so desperatley needed, and I quote what I have heard on sooooooo many occasions from Alicia, "it will eb cheaper in Thailand." , today was my opportunity to indulge in some retail therapy, Thai style. With this in miond we headed off earlyish to the infamous Khaosan Road, a haven for European Backpackers offering cheap accomodation, even cheaper booze and row upon row of stalls selling the same tshirts, shorts, sun glasses etc etc.... Following lots of haggling, which became tiremsome quickly, we hot footed it away with plastic bags full of all cheap garments agreeing never to return......
On returning to the Thewat for a quick nap, we made our way by skytrain to the centre of town for dinner at Cabbages and Condoms, http://www.pda.or.th/restaurant/. The restaurant was conceptualized in part to promote better understanding and acceptance of family planning and to generate income to support various development activities of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) within Thailand. Despite tere not being an Asian face dining in the restaurant, we found service and food were excellent and the setting, including several action figures made entirley out of different coloured condoms fun and quirky.
From here we grabbed a taxi and headed off to meet Alicoa's school frined Jolanda for drinks in a retro bar not far away. En route home, we were pulled over and frisked by the Thai police, which wasnt much fun, although I beleive we may have been questioned more thoroughly had I not told the lead officer I was from Manchester, upon which he decied I was a Manchester United fan which just so happend to be his favourite team!!
With the arrival of Sunday 10th Jan came the chance to escape the big cities which have been our home for the last month or so and we jetted off with trusty Air Asia to a town at the North Eastern point of Thailand , Chang Rai. Campared to Bangkok this place is a sleepy place, although it still has a tourist feel to it given it is the main spring board point to Laos as well as being the home to hill trekking and home stays with local tribes. We checked in to our clean and roomy guest house and headed off to familiarise ourselves with the new surroundings.......
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