Bangkok , General info:

Average temp is 32oC with the only main variance being the humidity.

You very quickly learn patience as everything operates in 'Thai time', which is basicall whenever one gets around to it...Lol

Bangkok , Cheap stuff:
8/10

Everything in Thailand is copy, copy! and cheap! cheap!

Bangkok , Different stuff:
8/10

Ladyboys....

Thai drivers...

Loose morals...

Bangkok , Don't miss:
8/10

The Tiger Temple, Kanchanaburi.

River Kwai bridge and museum.

Grand Palace, Bangkok.

Pattaya. For diving, not the other stuff! :D

Songkran festival,..if you love to get wet.

Bangkok , Food:
9/10

The food in Thailand is many and varied. You can find cuisine from all over the world, but if Asian food is your desire, you'll be in heaven. All the noodles, rice and fresh fruit and vegetables you can handle. A truly unique dining experience which I am still discovering.

Bangkok , Hotels:
9/10

Royal Princess, Luan Luang.

Landmark.

Royal Orchid, Sheraton.

Bangkok , Safety:
9/10

Don't drive or ride a bike yourself, it's not worth the risk. Thai drivers and riders are maniacs, but they seem to be able to read what the other maniac is going to do, so you stand a better chance....Lol

Stafford, Staffordshire , Cheap stuff:
1/10

The local market survives - just, given the competition it faces (see above). In the markey one may buy artfully camouflaged poor-quality fruit and veg (that's produce), dodgy electrical goods, replacement hoses for old washing machines and, an exciting addition to the local retail experience, Polish foodstuffs.

Stafford, Staffordshire , Different stuff:
5/10

Stafford has in recent years become home to a large number of mostly young people from eastern Europe. They are quiet, polite, hardworking, healthy and attractive, and perform sterling service in local shops and farms. This failure to blend in with the locals has caused some comment. Mostly appreciative.

Stafford, Staffordshire , Don't miss:
6/10

Um. The open-air Shakespeare at the castle at the end of June is fun. Unless it rains. The park alongside the river has been replanted and developed and is rather pretty in the summer. Unless it's flooded.

Stafford, Staffordshire , Food:
2/10

Don't ask. There are no decent restaurants in Stafford. Although the cafe in Marks is OK.

Stafford, Staffordshire , Hotels:
3/10

The Swan, an old coaching inn, on the main street. There are others, but none that I'd consider. There's a more upmarket one in the village of Acton Trussel, a few miles out of town.

Stafford, Staffordshire , Safety:
7/10

If you're in any way vulnerable (ie. aged, young, drunk or drugged, lost), best to avoid walking around the small areas of suburban low-income housing on the outskirts of town. Gangs of amateurishly unpleasant children and youths might well give you a hard time, in between smashing the glass in bus shelters and gobbing on the few remaining public telephones. Also, the town centre after 8pm on a weekend evening is the rightful domain of the drunken British young adult. There are drunken assaults, there is vomit, there are loud and ugly voices. It's not pleasant. Other then that, no probs.