Sas is digging the sun

Bangkok day 4. This morning I moved from a swanky hotel to one of the very few hostels in town. Nice homey feel, they even do a new years gift swapping thing the 31st. Loads of comfy chairs and stuff and a large room (en suite, by myself, my dorm days are well and truly over). All good. Will miss the pool tho, how nice it is to lay on a 16th floor rooftop sunbed overlooking the city! New place is in a slightly seedy street off Sukhumvit. "We offer confidential and massage" (sic) kinda signs in the shops. The sex tourism is one thing I will never ever get used to, it is so disgusting. And there's a fair bit of it in this part of town. And my god, the men are ugly. If not by nature, than self inflicted. As much as I love tatoos, a tattooed had is just a no. Also like to be able to see some skin on upper body and arms.

Finally decided what to do after coming back from Hong Kong. Decided I do need my beach fix, so booked a flight to Krabi to stay in a simple resort that you can only get to by boat. Not as 'The Beach' as it sounds, pretty touristy, but should be fine for 2.5 days.

Update:
The buggers were fully booked. Half an hour later I still hadn't found anything decent on the net apart from the Sheraton. Fourtyfive minutes later I had booked the Sheraton. Sod it, I'm on holiday. And on the euro rather than the pound (who'd have ever thought that'd be a better option?!). So five star resort....I am ready!