Banana Pancakes

Although, the title of this post may be somewhat misleading one of the things I love about Bangkok is walking up Rambutri or one of the surrounding roads and finding the streetside vendor who with great skill and for just 20 Baht will whip up a very tasty banana Pancake.. picture below!



The very delicious Banana Pancakes!!

Anyways, I am currently in Thailand! We arrive on the 3rd and spent several days in Bangkok, enjoying the Thai Green curry, Pad Thai and the latest Bond film! We took the water taxi down the Chao Phraya river, explored a few temples and were impressed by the Grand Palace...which really is quite grand!

Some of my new friends!

From Bangkok we took the train to Ayutthaya and explored a few more of the temples here! We were however only here for a day as we were heading to Chiang Mai to meet up with one of Sharon's friends. So back on the train and northwards to the slightly cooler and more relaxed Chiang Mai.
It was nice to spend a few days here, to wander around the city, enjoy a coffee and head up to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep. This is infact another temple, (as you may have gathered there are quite a few here!) however, it is worth the ride up out of the city to enjoy the cool air, views of the city and to see the temple itself. 

On Sunday I went to church with Sharon's friend Amy, which was great! Fortunately they had an interpreter as the whole thing was in Thai.. and given I only really know hello and thank you I would have struggled somewhat! In the evening we took on the night market, an impressive event that has stalls which seem to cover the streets of at least half of Chiang Mai! After a lot of looking and a little haggling I found a few items to purchase! (Can't get much more in the bag, so cant get too carried away!)

Sharon and Amy

Tomorrow we are off Laos, possibly via Chiang Rai...depends on the buses really! But I'm looking forward to Laos and heading south to 4000 Islands and then Cambodia!