I had my first lie-in this morning, choosing not to eagerly awake for my free breakfast but instead to go Varnish style and attend in the last 5 minutes of service (or lack of service...). It didn't take me long to discover the beastly mosquito bite on my arm (shoutout to the girl in my dorm who opened the window in the middle of the night...muchly appreciated). As I departed from the hostel, I made sure to take full advantage of the complimentary snacks, filling up my rucksack with biscuits and bananas.

I decided to dedicate the afternoon to some clothes shopping as apparently I overestimated the number of times I could wear the same t-shirt before smelling like an obese schoolboy on a summers day. I headed out on the Bangkok Skyline Train, this time getting off at the correct "Ratcha-whatnot", and within half an hour, I found myself in the biggest market I have experienced so far. I'm sure you will all be glad to hear that I bought myself some very trendy shorts along with a t-shirt with some Thai writing on. I'm slightly concerned about what the t-shirt might say now I come to think about it actually but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough...

When it came to getting to the train station for my sleeper to Chiang Mai in the afternoon, I turned down a bargain uber bike. This was for the sole reason that I struggle to stand up with my rucksack on without falling over backwards, let alone whilst sitting on the back of a speeding motorbike... I instead went for the hidden treasure of Bangkok; local buses. Yes, I'm sure the reason that the buses are clear of tourists may be due to factors such as the driver dropping passengers off in the middle lane of a 'motorway', not actually stopping to dispose of said people, and having a 3 way phone call whilst driving but at a measly price of 26pence, I hopped right on that.

What an experience the sleeper train was, I couldn't recommend it more but would advise bringing a picnic of at least 5 courses as apparently that's what all the locals do and my single portion of cold Pad Thai suddenly didn't seem so great. Also, if there is an offer to move away from the snoring, farting Thai man in the bunk below, do take that up...