Posts made in December 7th, 2024

4. Farewell Bangkok

Posted by on 7, Dec 2024 in 2024 - SE Asia, Asia, Thailand, Tilly the Tandem | 2 comments

4. Farewell Bangkok

And we’re off..leaving Bangkok We thoroughly enjoyed Bangkok, it’s a very western city and you can easily live a completely western life there from Marks and Spencers food and clothes to numerous really high class restaurants.  English is widely spoken and virtually ubiquitous in shops and menus and it’s a very easy introduction to SE Asia. Getting out of it on a bicycle however is not like the west.  The city is like a bicycle wheel with huge roads forming the spokes out from the city and very few places to cross these 4 and 6 lane spokes.  You end up either...

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