Chic39 Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Bangkok
One day complete, one wallet down
... around and exploring the Old Bridge. We stopped off for a thai buffet lunch then went on to the Tiger Temple. We weren't told about the no shorts rule for ladies so had to chin some very attractive ankle biters for rose. Luckily we got there just before the queue so managed to get lots of free photos with the tigers before the park closed.
We got back at around 7.30pm and like many people told ...
Day 2
... lamphong station to buy sleeper train tickets only to discoverr the Sleeper train was fully booked until nov 3!!!! Plan B - Kho San rd + street travel agent = flights, bus and speed boat to Koh Tao a day later. We then explored the wonders of Koh San road and had our first beer in Silkk bar. Beckie brought a dress for 200 TB!!!! £4 how dare ...
Reassuring warmth
... That is the mark of a seriously good film if ever there was one. We both love Wes Anderson and this was a quirky as ever and very loveable. A delight! That was about all the time I had but I got half way through the Pirate animation film with Hugh Grant mouthing the main character. These stop motion animation films are well worth watching for adults too these days. A rollicking good yarrrrrrn. Right, if your still reading, I better mention we got out transfer to the hotel safely ...
Another Brand of Madness
... cheeks. It’s a place where the style of your shoes is important, girls parade about in clothes that’d make any father shake his head, and men can order women off of sex menus. The West has had a different, more modern kind of plunder here. That is the one manifested as cultural take over from across the ocean. The cab is playing english music. The women are selling their bodies to tourists. There’s a velvet rope you have to cross, and the man ...
The Grand Palace
... Grand Palace which was roughly 5 kilometers to the northwest of downtown and it took around 15 minutes in traffic. The taxi driver made a deal with us for tomorrow’s excursion which is the floating market and the railroad market. He’s going to drive us for the entire day for 1200 Bhat. Anyway, we got out at the Grand Palace and it was very crowded with tour groups and hawkers. Several people were trying to sell us long pantaloons that ...