no room at the inn

High season in Bangkok, and Khao San Road is jam packed with tanned, relaxed looking travellers. So jam packed that when we arrived yesterday evening, it took quite some time to find accommodation that wasn't full. Not our favorite situation to be stomping around the streets with our packs, particularly as everyone else looked like they were having such a good time.

Then as time wore on we spotted a few more people who, like us, were lugging their packs around trying to find somewhere to stay. We started to recognise them. We started trying to get ahead of them. We started to read the looks on their faces as they were turned away from yet another reception desk.

The crowds milled, people sat in bars sipping fruit shakes and beers, and amongst it all was what looked like a conga line of tortoises.