Our pleasant overnight train journey from Chiang Mai brought us into familiar territory. Three years ago Bangkok had been part of our honeymoon, but this time we would experience it through the eyes of budget travellers. On arrival, we caught a tuk-tuk from the train station to the backpacker area of Khao San Road where we found ourselves some cheap and cheerful accommodation - our tuk-tuk ride reminded us once again why road journeys were always time consuming... traffic jam after traffic jam. After some rest, we headed out to find some food and stumbled across Mr. Yim, a vegetarian street food vendor, who quickly became our regular cook. After exploring the busy streets of
the Khao San area with its hoards of travellers and bars, we crashed out with the help of some nightcaps.On our previous stay in Bangkok, we had seen many of the attractions around the city, but there was one safe, rubbery face that we were keen to revisit - Mr. C at the well-renowned Cabbages and Condoms restaurant. So, the following day, we used 
several modes of transport including ferry, tuk-tuk and the skytrain to make our way through Siam Square, Pat Pong market (red-light area famous for its 'ping-pong' shows ;-) and the night market before ending up at our memorable restaurant. After dining and reminiscing, we left the restaurant in usual tradition with a couple of condoms instead of mints!
several modes of transport including ferry, tuk-tuk and the skytrain to make our way through Siam Square, Pat Pong market (red-light area famous for its 'ping-pong' shows ;-) and the night market before ending up at our memorable restaurant. After dining and reminiscing, we left the restaurant in usual tradition with a couple of condoms instead of mints!The following morning we arose very early since we had both enrolled in different activities. Preya explored the culinary secrets of Thailand with an entire morning at the Silom cooking school. The course took place in a
converted house where each student had their own stove and utensils (quite different from our class in Vietnam). After visiting the local outdoor market where the group selected their ingredients, each student prepared and consumed five dishes one after another (the course was not only insightful, but the teacher was very entertaining). Meanwhile, Yatin attended a 2-hour Muay Thai boxing class. Unfortunately, he was the only student that turned up that morning and felt the full punishment of the instructors attention. Bruised and battered we concluded that with our combined skill set, we could produce a Thai green curry with a mighty kick. That evening, after a well deserved Thai 
massage, we strolled by the riverside eating falafels that we had picked up from a local street vendor.
converted house where each student had their own stove and utensils (quite different from our class in Vietnam). After visiting the local outdoor market where the group selected their ingredients, each student prepared and consumed five dishes one after another (the course was not only insightful, but the teacher was very entertaining). Meanwhile, Yatin attended a 2-hour Muay Thai boxing class. Unfortunately, he was the only student that turned up that morning and felt the full punishment of the instructors attention. Bruised and battered we concluded that with our combined skill set, we could produce a Thai green curry with a mighty kick. That evening, after a well deserved Thai 
massage, we strolled by the riverside eating falafels that we had picked up from a local street vendor. The next day, Kerry arrived from Beijing. It was great to see a familiar face and we all spent most of the day sitting in cafes and restaurants, drinking and chatting. The one thing we did accomplish that day was to book ourselves on a 2-day tour to Kanchanaburi with the help of Pookie, our friendly local travel agent.
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