Jim Thompson House Bangkok

We arrived in Bangkok in the evening. After being in Vietnam and Cambodia for a couple of weeks it was surprising to see how modern the airport was. We arranged a taxi and headed to our resort (driving on the left side of the road). On the way into the heart of the city it was neat to see all of the skyscrapers. The hotel was nice and was located …

The cooking class at Silom Thai Cooking School (http://www.bangkokthaicooking.com/) was brilliant. My funny phone call to book last night hadn't resulted in me getting the right instructions for pick up but a quick call from the hotel reception soon had that sorted.

On the way to the market (where we would start) Jacqi was asked if we …

Hello to everyone back in England!

We arrived in Bangkok pretty knackered after a really short overnight flight. On the first day we went to a big mall called MBK, it sells loads of fake designer clothes and ipods and things. We even went to the cinema here, the first time I've been to the cinema in a while! We watched We Bought a Zoo …

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Loving being in Bangkok again. Great day yesterday - chilled late breakfast, Jim Thompson etc finished off by best dinner. Up early to leave at 6 with packed breakfast. Went to Kanchanaburi and caught train along part of the Burma-Thailand Railway -same route built by Australians British and Dutch in 1942-43. Even more incredible the second time. …

DAY 1
We arrived in Bangkok in the afternoon and went to our hotel: "Bel-aire Princess" - very nice. The weather was better - hot & more sunny than Samui. We explored a bit up on the roof of our hotel, via the fire stairs - don't think we were meant to go up there, but there was a good view of the city.

The people in Bangkok were …

Dirty, hustly, expensive
metropolis with a few gems worth seeing. On driving into the city there is network of roads that at point’s resembled spaghetti junction, it was grey and raining and uninspiring. The skyscrapers weren’t as high as I had imagined and some of the buildings were even less than hovels they reminded me …

Not much to say about today really. Woke up fairly early, and went out to the local 7 eleven to get some croissants for breakfast, but decided to go back to PC while Neil went to hospital for his appointment with doctor. Was trying to get music downloaded to my mp3 player for the trip home, but the wifi here is woeful, so it took a ridiculously …

Après un vol agréable, me voici arrivé à Bangkok. L'aéroport est immense. Je ne sais pas si Emirates a voulu jouer les pingres et s’est retrouvée reléguée au dernier recoin de l’aéroport, mais un voyageur anémique vivrait le trajet de l’avion jusqu’aux formalités douanières et ses précieux bagages comme un véritable chemin …

Our holiday within a holiday in Koh Chang was over, so we hitched a lift with Fem's parents in the luxury minivan back to Bangkok. We bid farewell at the airport and then continued on to Sukhumvit, to the Soi 1 Guesthouse. Our plan was to stay in Bangkok whilst we arranged our visas for India and booked our flights.

On arrival at the …

... however seem to be more honest as a rule. I needed some glamor in my life so I took a taxi to the Jim Thompson House. Check out the website www.jimthompsonhouse.com for some great photos and more information on this impressive museum. The basics are ...

... places like the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, the interesting traditional Thai architecture of the Jim Thompson House, the visual feast at the sprawling Chatachuk Market, wandering the ultra-modern shopping malls, walking in the ...

... still a good distance away. I was going to have to take a bus to get closer, but then I noticed I was near the Jim Thompson house, and decided to check that out while I was there. Thompson was an American architect who fell in love with Thailand and its ...

... for a long time, updating each other with our recent travellers' news. At 4.45pm Shula thought we should head for Jim Thompson's house, the museum (his former house) to the American who gave Thai silk its international reputation. However, I had to ...

... we have enough time). Saturday we woke up bright and early and headed to a very popular museum in BKK known as the Jim Thompson house. Lauren is looking to get involved volunteering for a museum or gallery, so we thought that this would be a good place ...

... suffice to be left alone. What bliss! We spent a morning getting a taste of traditional Thai architecture at the Jim Thompson house. Walking through this calm and immaculate house I marvelled at its beauty and tranquility. Now that's definitely a ...

... These traditional Thai houses with their elevated floors and sleek teak paneled interiors had always appealed to me. In Bangkok the Jim Thompson house is a good example of these houses . The walk in museum exemplifies this old Thai style of ...

... front of us in small canoes to get us to stop)   We had lunch and did a tour of this place called Jim Thompson house and his Thai Silk Company...this guy was a former CIA agent who moved to Thailand after WWII and basically reinvented the Thai ...

... and 15 meters tall and its feet and eyes are engraved with mother-of-pearl. Having had my fill of Bangkok’s temples and having seen the Jim Thompson house, I was content with my visit to Bangkok.  The only thing left to do was some souvenir ...

... order for us so we dont get anything we wouldnt want (like chicken feet - for Christine). We then went to the Jim Thompson house via river boat and skytrain which had amazing tropical gardens and a massive sting ray ! 'very pretty flowers' (for Jane). ...