Thursday 27th March - Day 53

4:30 am and, following a long journey, I'm back in Bangkok. For the ten days or so I was on the island of Koh Tao I only ever wore flip-flops on my feet (unless I was diving) and it's quite liberating in a small way. Now I'm wearing shoes again.

We get off the bus and, here we go again," where you going ? " My patience is wearing thin, but if one of them asks me if I want a massage I might lose it.

I don't want to book into a hotel just yet, but I'm not sure what to do. How about 24 hour McDonalds ? At 5:00am I'm eating a Big Mac with fries and a large coke (diet, don't want to get fat or anything). I'm not the only one doing it either. Shortly thereafter, they change the signs in McDonalds and you can order breakfast. I know what you're thinking - no, I didn't.

After a little wonder around, I'm back at the hotel I stayed at last time - it's about 7:00am now. I book into the hotel for two nights.

I didn't get much sleep last night, so it's nice to have a shower and get forty winks.

I haven't been for a number two since Tuesday when I took two tablets, so now I take a tablet to help me to 'go'. The result is I'm going a bit too much again. I don't stray too far away from the hotel.