Bangkok Travel Blogs - Page 9

  The Palm Garden Hotel in Pattaya wanted 1300 Baht ($43) for a taxi to the Bangkok airport but I arranged one down the street for 800 ($26). The ride took an hour and a quarter and picked me up at the hotel to deliver me to the China Airlines check-in counter. No more busses.   As on …

15th June Starting off at work is always the worst way to begin travelling. I'd rather get up in the middle of the night and do that half awake, last minute packing exercise where you check you've got your passport and flight tickets at least 10 times, stumble out of the house and r…

Robert Louis Stevenson:I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. My friend, Philip and I went to Bangkok in 2006 in one of those spur of the moment decisions. No planning, no research whatsoever. It was just a conversation of, 'got passport a…

BrunchWe woke up quite early that day. Felix was complaining because I kicked him in my sleep. We had king size bed for three of us, that kind of thing normally happens. After shower Ju called a cab to pick us, she can not join our trip today because she had to work. She briefed the cab driver to t…

LAst Day in Bangkok before Angkor WatToday was cultural day in Bangkok. Went with Ach to the presidential palace. Yea, apparently you need to wear long pants to see the emerald Buddha. So they basically lend you a pair of pants. That explains my pants if those pix make it up on the blog.Later that …

I travelled to Bangkok on my own in december 2005 for a holiday/vacation, it was awsome, i spent about 5 days on my own there and i felt so safe, the people were practically falling over themselves to help you out and the food and culture was amazing! I didnt stay on the typical Khao San Road area…

Kerry - on return from our trip to Kanchanaburi, we decide to head out for some drinks and entertainment in Patpong with some of the people we met on the tour. So Andrei and I along with Yannis (UK) and Jose (Dutch Colombian) and Ornella (Dutch Eithipian) head off in a metered taxi to the red light…

An army of moneys are mustered on a mission An intimate token rests ready to prove oneself The ring of a dying man A cloth dropped from the breast of thy love But the demons were all too powerful An so an intimate memory is entrusted unto a loyal friend His autenticity must be proven and…

We took a 3 hour car ride and a 30 minute boat ride to Ko Samet Island yesterday. Its so beautiful here, the water is an aqua color, its tropical and really lush. We checked into this cool beach bungalow place with a beautiful view of the Gulf of Thailand waters. The side of the island that we are …

One of the things you have to see for yourself is the Golden or Royal Palace. That's what they told us when we came to Thailand for the first time. But we did ignore this tip, because we thought it was one big commercial thing, just for tourist. So we skiped the palace and went home without seeing …

I've been in Thailand three times, every time I start off with a couple of days in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand (for those of you who lack geographical knowledge ^^ ). I've stayed at Bel-Air Princess twice, (03- and -05), I stayed at the Ambassador in 2004 but I would rather recommend…

So the title gave it away! I look at my ticket and it says 1:04a when I think it says 10:04a. I go to the desk and I realized in a moment with my 100 pounds of luggage that I missed my flight! If this was America, there would be a $150 charge to fix it all....but I'm in Thailand and Thai Ai…

   i am a peace corps volunteer.  i became one for a multitude of reasons- some altruistic, some selfish, some i didn't even know until i got here- but i am a volunteer nonetheless.  and i have now been in Thailand for a whole year. when i got here i was excited.&…

We spent our last day in Bangkok with shopping and we drove around the city by skytrain BTS and later I went to a tattoo shop and decided to get another tattoo.... :-)

This country is a must visit for any traveler. The locals are friendly and very helpful. And the Thai massage is the bomb! There are great bargains for shoppers in Bangkok. Just take in the various cultural shows and a James Bond river ride to the floating markets and shop til you drop! Dont be afraid to sample the local cuisines at various restaurants. When visiting just have fun and take in the culture that Thailand has to offer.