Another Night in Bangkok

After another sleepless night in a bus, we had one day stop in Bangkok before the connecting bus to the North, Chiang Mai. The stay also turned into an amusing tautology - we ended up book a night at a hostel called "Take a nap". How convenient.

M didn't feel so great after we got our 12 hour travel finished - general dizziness, peripheral vertigo. Everything didn't seem to be alright, so we set out to get things sorted with our travel insurance. A day trip to a local hospital could even prove to be entertaining - who knows :)

Service at Bangkok international hospital was extremely good, and everything worked rather well. No long waits or queues, water available everywhere and staff talking good English.

Live music by a trio throughout the day + personal assistant to push you in a wheelchair through the whole process.. Eh?

After some 4 hours of consultations, various tests and all that other jazz a template diagnosis was written - peripheral vertigo, due to natural difference in the pressure / balance sensitivity in the ears. Apparently things like this can just happen due to pressure changes - the condition just takes a bit of time to correct itself.

In the evening, too tired to seek out a proper place to eat, we decided on the closest and clearly touristy, european-style eatery we could find. Based on the price / quality ratio of the place, the old maxim for travel holds - don't go for european food unless you're in Europe. Well, at least the food seemed rather amusing (pics below).

Silom, the neighbourhood combines the bustling commercial district with high skyline of banks and financial institutions, night markets and many forms of "entertainment". It turns out that on one side of Silom resides perhaps the most known red-light district in the world, Patpong.

Silom neighbourhood - how many young boys would you like tonight, sir?

While walking down the streets in the neighbourhood, we were offered a catalogue of young boys - which seems like a bit unexpected proposition for a couple. But when you think about it - there must, sadly, be demand for this type of "entertainment" as well.

All in all, no points for the food, but a positive note for no further worries about balance and blurred vision.