First Night in The Land of Smiles

Big 160ft chilled out Buddha

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I was heavily jet-lagged after my flight, I managed to fall asleep on a bus that cruised along like it was made out of rubber with bricks for suspension. Every now and then the bus would jolt and I would head-butt the glass window with such explosive force that I was surprised the pane of glass stayed in tact. Anyway, point is that I hadn't slept for about 30 hours and it was because of this that I made the irrational decision to go out clubbing.

Touchdown in Bangkok

The famous Tuk-tuk, synonymous with Thailand

After waking up feeling strangely rejuvenated by my slumber behind a sofa I made plans to get my flight from Heathrow. Upon arriving at the airport I was immediately told by the kind check-in lady "your flight has been cancelled." Images of strangulation and over-sized weaponry that would never make it through customs raced through my mind, provoked by this sweet ladies cold calculating face. A storm cloud formed above my head growing in electrical intensity, I stayed the bazooka hidden down my pants that I had ready to pull out like something in Who Framed Roger Rabbit just long enough for her to say.... "you have been upgraded." All malice suddenly dissipated like a healing breeze, I was like a robot in kill mode and she had just flicked my off-switch, the check-in lady transformed, she became reasonable, maybe even....attractive.

I was originally going to fly with Air India with a stopover in Delhi, the whole flight would have taken 15 hours. Luckily with my new upgrade I was now flying with British Airways on a 747 with no stopover, this meant that I would arrive in Bangkok a full 4 hours earlier. That doesn't stop plane journeys being boring though, check-out these inventive ways to quell boredom. It would seem that every plane ride is plagued by