Cheap transport

A water-monitor lizard in the middle of Bangkok???

Today we woke and went for a walk around a huge park near where we are staying. For a massive city such as Bangkok, it was a nice find.

Walking along avoiding the main streets

We then tried to find our way to the sky train but it wasn’t as easy as we thought it would be and ended up bumping into a local who gave us some friendly advice on the cheapest way to Siam Square.

The nice park

He advised we take a tuk tuk for half the price, so optimistically we went to haggle one, the driver having none of our suggested price so the local bargained for us, stopping off briefly to pick up a free map on the way.

The nice park

We then walked around Siam Square for ages until the heat became too much.

Manic Bangkok

We then tried to negotiate a tuk tuk back home and worked out that if you agreed to let the driver take you to a shop and you walk around inside of it for a minimum of 7 minutes he gets a great commission and only charges you 30p for a 40 minute drive home! Bargain!

Chris really blending in with the locals

So that’s what we did!

Stationary in the middle of Bangkok traffic

Well it was all great until he broke down in the outside lane of a 4 laned highway and Chris had to push us for a while.

Chris pushing the tuk tuk

So we ended up walking the rest of the way and didn’t pay anything! So we think we have got travelling finally sussed in Bangkok!

Bangkok, Thailand