Afte a nice lie in, decide to walk aroun and orient myself. The Sukhumvit road takes you right down to the city centre. It was during my walk there that I realised I was staying in hooker central. So many bars, all loaded with young things in skimpy outfits, lots of old western men around. It did take me a while to wonder how some of these old, fat, greasy guys were with young girls but the penny dropped eventually! And there was me thinking they had really good conversational skills.... ;-)
Found a great sushi place that did an all you can eat for about £3. The sushi was great but they have an additional feature on the table by the conveyor belt. You get a recessed bowl of clear chicken stock and a stove underneath it. Then raw ingredients such as meat (pork,chicken,seafood etc) and vegetables go round on the conveyer belt and you just pick up the dishes and put the contents in the bowl and wait a minute or so for it to cook. Works really well and compliments the sushi nicely.
When I was well and truly fed, I grabbed a tuktuk to the Grand Palace (pictures and info). This is the main attraction here but I felt too crowded in here. Everything is very shiny indeed but very close together. One guy in the hostel captured the place in one word, Disneyland. There's no sense of age or majesty about the place, it's a little too overdone and artificial as a result.
In the evening I went for a wander through Chinatown where I hit upon an excellent outdoor seafood restaurant (me and the food). I had the King Prawns with fermented Lemon Grass which blew my head off (due to the chilies) but which was the finest meal I'd had in ages!