Wat's wats and yet more wats

Hi there

We are still in Bangkok and have spent the last 2 days either sleeping or visiting the large number of Wats (temples to you and I!) around the royal area of the city. I'm not sure whether its the weather, the amount of walking we are doing or the build up to us leaving but we have both been sleeping around 10-12 hours every night. I feel like we have been bitten by a tsetze fly!
The biggest and only disappointment with Bangkok to date has been the scam artists who try and 'be-friend' us as we are walking and tell us that the attraction is closed for Buddhist day/cleaning/religious visits or what ever and they can take us to another place nearby which is equally as lovely and it just so happens their friend with a silk shop is on the way. Luckily we had read about this prior to our arriving, but we saw plenty of other people being persuaded into tuk tuks by these crooks. However for us it was the sheer volume of thes guys that was annoying they are everywhere. Its a shame cos apart from that we have had a great time even if the Wat's do get a little much after a few......  Even the weather (its the end of the monsoon season) has been pretty good and Dean is already burnt to a crisp....

The other great memory we will have of Bangkok is the food we have had some great meals all really cheap. We ventured down the infamous Khao San drinking strip last night for a few beers & met some like minded travellers and picked up some great tips and a huge hangover... Tonight we walked down to Patpong night market and saw all the vendors selling fake Jimmy Choo and Chanel bags and designers watches there were some really good fakes!!

Anyway leaving Bangkok for Kanchanaburi tomorrow so will bore you with WWII & tigers on our next post.

Hugs & thanks for looking

Sara