Vietnam and Thailand '08 day 7
Travelling day today, Hue to Hanoi to Bangkok. Flights all good and on time. Hotel in Bangkok is at the end of a narrow one-way street full of shops and restaurants. Very smart hotel and room. Booked 2 excursions for next 2 days with travel rep. after checking in.
Evening meal in Leabanese restaurant nearby, excellent food but served by miserable man who looked like the owner or manager - obviously didn't want to be there or maybe didn't like westerners. Food took a long time too. Rest of staff very attentive and efficient but appeared to be downcast - miserableness is infectious. First unhappy person I've come accross on this trip.
Walked around local area for a while, hundreds of small shops and eating places many offering western food, stalls on the pavements, cooked food on roadside kitchens, packed with locals and tourists. Massive overhead monorail passenger transport system dominates the nearby main road. Some cities like Hue are just big towns, Bangkok is definately a city city.
Keep in touch,
John
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