Day 24: Tues 9th Nov 2010 – Day 26: Thurs 11th Nov 2010 – Koh Samui > Bangkok > Hong Kong

Over the past few days there has just been one thing to do, get the Bangkok airport in time for our flight to Hong Kong. Hong Kong wouldn't have usually been in our plans as it's a fair way from all the other countries we're visiting which means flights are pricey. On top of that it's a very expensive city to be in. However, my brother has recently moved there which means free accommodation and hopefully some subsidised fun.

The journey from Koh Samui to Bangkok was a little bit of a marathon. We started on the morning of the 9^th getting a mini bus which took us to a coach, which took us to a boat taking us back to mainland Thailand, we then got another mini bus that dropped us at the train station to get a sleeper train to the capital. All seemed to be going well until Charlotte opened her bag on the train and realised things weren't in the same order she left them. She did some rummaging and found she'd had her handbag, belt, perfume and a pair of pants stolen. Although there was nothing of great value gone I still had to do a fair amount of consoling as she did not like that people had been going through her stuff. When we arrived in Bangkok I found I'd had a tiny bottle of aftershave and half a small bottle of mouthwash nicked, I was just glad they didn't know some of my t-shirts and boardshorts are probably worth a weeks wages to them.

Our day in Bangkok was spent replacing some of the things we'd had stolen. In the evening we went to Chinatown and had a meal at a night restaurant that had its tables in the road. In the morning we got a taxi to the airport link train station. Only then did we find out that a taxi costs about half what the city’s metro charge to get around. At the airport I looked for a thank you for having us gift for my brother but decided against spending the £15 they charge for a box of Celebrations or £10 medium sized Toblerone.

We arrived Hong Kong city centre late in the evening to meet my brother, Michael. We dropped our stuff at his Apartment, met up with Michaels girlfriend (Sandy) and headed out for food.