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- Bangkok
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- Baht (THB)
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- 61,797,751
- Population
- TH
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Bangkok Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bangkok, Thailand
Back in Bangkok....who would have thought it?
This is a top pick! ... bumps or unexpected vibrations…and you always end up saying out loud, "is that normal??" Anyway, I digress. So we landed at Bangkok airport and caught the skytrain into town…bargain, 15 baht each!! Only 20 minutes to get to the city centre. ...
Leaving the Land of Smiles...Smiling
This is a top pick! ... be a bit overzealous if not asinine. I smiled and beamed all the way to the travel agent and demanded to leave Bangkok at once. I secured a noon flight to Phnom Penh tomorrow afternoon and should arrive in Cambodia's capital a little after one ...
Journey to beautiful La....okay, back to Bangkok!
This is a top pick! ... hit up tourists: I had a cheeky little monster on a full-suspension bike ask if he could have my watch. We passed back into Thailand across the Mekong River, and into the town of Nong Khai. It was only a few hour stop, waiting for our night train ...
Heading Home via 5 Star
This is a top pick! Arrived at 8pm at the hotel and got quite a culture shock.. not sure if we actually like staying 5 star... but give me a day and Im sure Ill adjust haha.... Anyway.. hotel is lovely and things worked out exactly as planned. We spent the two days ...
Bangkok
This is a top pick! ... and trash is not scattered about as in other Asian cities. A nice change. I have island hopped getting back to Bangkok. The Thailand coast and Islands offer unique landscapes. I took a boat from Krabi and tried out different Islands. Nice beaches, not ...
What wat?
This is a top pick! ... Mount (big manmade hill). I wandered up- not too impressed by the temple at the top, but there are great views of Bangkok, and looked over one wall and saw the wonderful view of hundreds of dragon flies buzzing about. Anyway, then left, went outside and ...
Easter
This is a top pick! ... wrote an email to him to see if he would be interested in helping the Hill Tribe people in Northern Thailand. I got an answer back that he was now in Bangkok, was interested and wanted to meet. We eventually arranged a time and met. It is looking good ...
Hanging around in Bangkok and learning Thai
This is a top pick! ... the babies. What else? Oh, when I came home I saw the video of Kanjana's university graduation. The Crown Prince of Thailand gave Kanjana her degree and the Prime Minister, Khun Thaksin also attended, mixing with the crowd, talking to people and ...
End of a very good chapter
This is a top pick! ... company on 14th May, the date i left Nepal. I'm still in regular touch with both of them. I flew across to Thailand where, after 2 nights in Bangkok where i partied hard with a brilliant group of people and had my eye brow pierced, i re-united with ...
Bangkok - Part two
This is a top pick! ... screaming Charlotte out the doors. We headed for Baiyoke Sky Hotel which is listed in Lonely Planet under the section "Quirky Bangkok", in reality it was anything but, it's over-the-top stylish and enormous, massively expensive but totally mainstream. ...
Overnight train to Butterworth
This is a top pick! ... bus marathon. The last three days in Bangkok have been overwhelmed by celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the King of Thailand's accession to the throne. The Thai people love their king and nearly everyone is sporting the bright yellow "I love ...
Violence in Southern Thailand
This is a top pick! ... Bangkok is. However it does seem more possible now that some idiot will do something stupid in Bangkok or at a tourist site somewhere in Thailand. I think the people involved however have limited capacity and anything they do will hopefully be quite ...
Volunteer opportunities from Bangkok Post
This is a top pick! ... @psiasia.org. Bank info: Bangkok Bank, Phloen Chit branch, a/c name: Population Services International (PSI)-Asia (Thailand), savings a/c no. 205-0-47385-5. - Social services Missing persons: The Missing Persons Information Centre gives hope and ...
Wedding plans / info
This is a top pick! ... internet. Here are two examples: http://www.bangkok.com/ http://www.gothailand.com/index.htm http://www.bimandruth.com/travel/thailand/ I wouldn't bother buying a Lonely Planet guidebook, it is a waste of money. I can also give you more suggestions ...
The Road More Travelled
This is a top pick! ... in the world, and quirky too - you have to stand for the king before the film starts and watch a little video about how great Thailand is, which is all cool. What wasn't so cool was Katherine and Catie's choice of film. Vinny and I had wanted some ...
Christmas in Thailand for Paul
This is a top pick! Many of you may be wondering about Christmas in Thailand. As you probably already know Thailand is a predominantly Buddhist country (and Christmas is somehow related to Christianity - although the relationship is not really clear to me - something about ...
Another dream country visited!
This is a top pick! We arrived in Bangkok at 3pm Thailand time on Monday 4th September after an 11.5hr flight on Thai Airways (Not as good a trip as on Malaysia Airlines - no personal tv to watch on back of seat and customer service not as good), but we were able to get 5 to ...
News from Thailand
This is a top pick! ... newspapers, TV and on the radio. The Queen recently made a long and emotional speach about the violent events in Southern Thailand. She has only recently returned from spending 2 months there and seems to have a good first hand knowledge of what is ...
From Nepal up to now including Laos, Cambodia and
This is a top pick! Since coming back from Nepal until now - what have I done????? Colin from Antipodeans came and we drove around the North of Thailand a bit and then travelled into Laos. Oh - I drove our new car up to the North for that and the next couple of entries ...
Back in the Kingdom of Thailand
This is a top pick! ... end of dinner, Vava and Alif (although he tries to get out of it) clear up and do the washing up. News from Thailand - The violence in South continues with still more bombs and people being killed in the very Southern tip of Thailand. I saw ...
Miscellaneous Thailand Pictures
This is a top pick! Some pictures from Thailand. Most are recent. Some were taken by Alex and one by ...
Pictures of Kanchana
This is a top pick! ... a child / young woman. She grew up in Chaiyaphum and used to take care of buffalo as a young girl. She then moved to Bangkok to live with her aunt and go to school. She has lived here since then working in a chicken factory, I think first ...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of time
This is a top pick! ... , and it really picked I got on the train that evening and felt a huge sense of relief as it pulled away. I was leaving Bangkok! There were things I enjoyed, but I think it was overall a mistake to start my trip there with no plan or direction. Acting on ...
Re-checking jaundice
This is a top pick! ... of more than 100 people who had been mowed down. Nearly all the victims were unarmed women, children and elderly." From the Bangkok Post on the 40th anniversary of the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai by USA soldiers during the USA v Vietnam ...
Swimming Monkies - Part 2
This is a top pick! ... to Krabi. They are both very nice and they have the required attributes of a partner in my land buying idea. They love Thailand, they are environmentally aware, not greedy and have access to money. OK. We arrange to meet in Krabi. We meet Michael ...
Life in Bangkok
This is a top pick! ... could be far better educated and the world could be a far more intelligent, advanced place. Some thoughts on modernising Thailand. Hmmm, a few days ago at playtime in school, the kids and I were watering our garden that we have planted. ...
Bangkok
This is a top pick! ... we were in business class. It was only a three hour flight, but they really went the extra distance to make it comfortable. Bangkok is a lot bigger than I thought. It was 90 degrees when I stepped outside of the airport. Quite a change from the temps ...
Back to Bangkok & returning home 21-27 May
This is a top pick! ... across 5 continents, visited over 20 cities, numerous time zones, taken 21 flights and 6,000 photos! I have really enjoyed my time in Thailand, but there is lots more to see so I must come back and visit again. I’d also like to do more of South ...