Bangkok update

Well I've been in Bangkok for a few days now and have a few things to say about that.
First of all, Bangkok is deffinatly not a pretty city as a whole, it's urban sprawl at it's worst, and most buildings look decripit and uninteresting. The quality of the air is indeed quite poor as the polution level is high.

I've been staying near Khao San Road at a guesthouse called New Siam II. The guesthouse itself is very nice, no problems whatsoever.

Khao San Road however is not what I was wanting to see in coming to Asia. I kid you not that at least 50% of the people you see walking around or eating at restaurants are westerners. It is however well situated to see some nice touristic attractions.

Because of my general dislike for Bangkok, I've done very little visiting and taken very few pictures. Since I will be leaving in a couple days, I will rectify that as I will be visiting the grand palace and a few important temples today.

Oh yeah, beer is really cheap here! 2$ gets you a large 1 litre bottle of Heineken (and that's the most expensive brand!).