Democracy Monument Bangkok

I've been to my fair share or capital cities in South East Asia but nothing had prepared me for the non-stop, 24 hour madness of Bangkok and Khao San Road!

We arrived after a very comfortable, 2 hour journey from Ayuthaya into Hualamphong Train Station in Bangkok. After reading about all the Tuk Tuk scams and violent, untrustworthy …

Another day in Bangkok started with the challenge to get to the city. I decided to go straight ahead to the river and take a boat up to the National Museum. There I found out that there is only one guided tour at 9:30 a.m. and it was already after 10:00 a.m. so I had to explore the National Museum myself. I found some nice pieces of art there and …

... % of what they are in the states. I continue to walk a ways past the Erewan shrine before snagging a taxi past King Rama VI's monument.  I enter what the map says is PatPong and hop a moped taxi through Silom to take a rest at the hotel. After a ...

... some proper Bangkok sight-seeing. Trying out yet another of Bangkok's transport, we took the river boat to the Democracy Monument, which like most things in Thailand is adorned with a gigantic picture of the King in a gold frame - they love their king ...

... walk in the same direction as you were going on the boat for about 20 minutes and you'll be at the Grand Palace. You'll pass Democracy Monument on the way. You could get a tuk tuk if you don't want to walk. The boat is the best way to get to these ...

... .  I passed Thammasat University, where hundreds of pro-democracy student protesters were killed by the military in 1976, and Democracy Monument, where they are memorialized.  After a late lunch at Roti-Mataba, I headed west and found Khao San ...

... it was kind of like walking through a Newport mansion with a guide whose English is sketchy at best. At 4pm we walked to the Democracy Monument and had an early dinner at Vijit Restaurant, and then Aunt Kathy and I said our "goodbye"s and she got a cab ...

... because Lorna was trying to play "Hit me baby one more time" on the largee bells, we headed over the City Parapet to the Democracy Monument. It was here that the first Tuk-Tuk scam was attempted on us! As we were checking our map (a fatal mistake for ...

... as not even he seemed to be able to read the Thai route description on the brochure, but he did know where the Democracy Monument is, hence we got there. The massage place looked very inviting, very different to the street massage places in and around ...

... to present it accordingly. We are less than a block from where the continuing anti-government demonstrations have been held. The Democracy monument is clean and orderly today. No sign of the latest show of mass discontent. I'm told, taxi drivers ...

... nbsp; Only rained for an hour and was a welcome relief from the heat.  Went to a meditation tower, the golden mountain, democracy monument before heading for a 2 hour massage.  WHAT!!! My muscles hurt.  Was the same dude but he ...

... (oh, I’m here! The maps don’t seem to co-relate to the streets, especially the names) and take photos like a pro. Democracy monument is another street up and again the heat is getting to me so I hide in a 7-Eleven for 10 minutes or so, then ...