The city where we never sleep

Hello from Bangkok! While the first impressions of the city were not great (there are so many cars and the sky is full of smog) it is certainy growing on us. We're staying just around the corner from a really busy street where we hang out in the evenings, playing thumb wars with the children selling flowers and sampling the thai beers, and the hotel is really nice - it even has a roof top pool! You are constantly harrassed to buy all kinds of junk but we're getting comfortable with ignoring people now. We just bought trousers from a stall so we're ready to discover the Grand Palace etc tomorrow. We were supposed to go today but I am already ill with food poisoning! Off to play some pool now. Know that I miss you all loads!!!