Another year, another hideously long flight, this time with a connection in Delhi, which is a pretty swish airport that I would have liked to have explored a bit more had we not fallen asleep on the floor of departures for the entire 3 hours – that was a pretty hectic sprint to the flight gate when we woke up! Travelling with Brad and Joe is fun; they’re not afraid to ask the questions “what spirits do you have?” and “have you got any leftover meals?” on the plane – result! After a pretty grim queue for immigration at suvarnabhumi airport, Bangkok, we were cheered up by our taxi driver, who had completed some kind of English course, and had primarily retained (most importantly) the phrase “How now, brown cow?”! He told us that Mr Bean was his favourite comedian, and we made firm friends! We arrived at the hostel, dealt out bunks, and headed straight onto Khaosan Rd for dinner and ‘drinks’… Continue reading →