I can't say I really like Bangkok yet, but then that's based on only a 3 hour nap and a couple of hours evening stroll!
But I can say that what I've seen so far amuses me. After an incredible pad thai from a stall, during which I betrayed by greenness by eating with the fork and not the spoon (it's apparently seen to be very weird to stick something pointy in your mouth), I made my way up the market street. Opposite the stalls proudly flogging 'SEX XXX DVDs' and various fake brand merchandise, you can purchase knuckle dusters, razor sharp ninja stars, and tasers. In case you fancied an accessory to the aforementioned DVDs, the stall selling wooden carvings opposite include giant wooden penises. Are these to complement the lady boy doing his/her make up on the stall next door? The guy squeezing his spots in his motorbike's wing mirror doesn't seem to care either way.
All in all, the jury is out on Bangkok so far. I'm still a wee bit shellshocked, but there are lovely people in the hostel. Nothing a good night's sleep won't fix.
The flight was amazing though, I would recommend Emirates to anyone (you even get a starry night sky at 'nighttime' and a pink dawn as they turn the lights up in the 'morning').
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