Visiting Bangkok and saying good-bye to Thailand

We're spending our last few days in Thailand in Bangkok. The city is unlike anything I've ever seen. It's noisy, hot, sometimes dirty, sometimes clean, then pretty in some places ugly in others... just seems to have a little bit of everything. Or better, a lot of everything, because its huge!
We have been visiting most of the historic cultural sites (which is what most pictures show) and have been doing a bit of shopping on the markets. In the evenings we just have walks in our neighbourhood. It's very lively with all the touristy nightlife you would expect. Even if we don't spend our money on lots of booze it's still fun to go round and have a look at it all.
Anyway, to be honest, our minds are starting to wander off into the future most of the time. We've reached saturation of: "Hello Sir, cheap suit for you Sir! Buy from me! Tuk-Tuk, Sir? Need a taxi, Sir? Where are you going today, Sir? You want T-shirt? I make you good price! How much you want to give me?" After a while it gets to you, so we've decided we need to move on and we've come to the conclusion that a well-developed country would make a nice change. And since we've never been to the Southern Hemisphere we decided the best place to go would be Australia! So on Wednesday we're off to Sydney... Can't wait to tell you about our travels there, but here are a few pics of our days in Bangkok.

Il nostro soggiorno qui in Tailandia e' quasi finito e stiamo passando gli ultimi giorni visitando Bangkok. La citta' e' immensa e noi abbiamo visto pochissimo, a parte i principali siti turistici. Abbiamo passato abbastanza tempo nel nostro quartiere-ghetto turistico, dove ci sono piu' turisti che tailandesi, e ne abbiamo approfittato per fare un po' di shopping a buon mercato.
A dire il vero siamo giunti a un livello di saturazione con la Tailandia, a volte e' proprio stressante passare le giornate a dover sempre dire di no ai milioni di persone che ti si affiancano per cercare di venderti qualcosa! Quasi quasi, ci vuole un'altra vacanza....! Credo che sia arrivato il momento di cambiare aria, di spostarci e questa volta verso un paese sviluppato, l'Australia!
Domani abbiamo il volo per Sydney! Che bello! Sembra che la carne di canguro sia buona e a buon mercato.... finite le noodles asiatiche!