After an uneventful journey and possibly the worst in-flight movie in history (Good Boy), I landed in Thailand at 6pm. I'd already booked a room at the Suk 11 hostel. The airport bus took me straight there and was a piece of cake to use. On the bus I met the crazy guy from Varanasi, India who had motorcycled his way from Holland to India. He's such an interesting guy. The plan was to head east until he ran out of road. Nice!
I had an e-mail from Loi that Ant's mum would be in Bangkok the same night I arrived so check into my hotel then went straight out again to meet her. Luckily her hotel was only 3 blocks away from me. We had a good laugh together after admitting to each other we couldn't remember what the other looked like. Had some coffee in her room (she had a wonderful room on the 8th floor with a glass wall and spectacular views of Bangkok at night) then went to a 24hr eaterie down the road. Had 2 meals there. Fantastic. The first time I'd eaten beef in 2 months!