Centre Point Sukhumvit Bangkok

... 8220;sa-waddy-ka” … I remembered it by saying “sweaty cob” … close enough for a fat white boy. I was surprised to notice how touching was very “taboo” however. No one could be more friendly and kind, but don’t shake hands – it makes for an uncomfortable moment until the person gives in reluctantly to be kind (as I found out when walking off the plane and greeting my personal airport assistant). Placing a ...

... After the park, I went back to my hostel and met up with a couple of the guys staying there (German & Estonian). We went out for dinner at a recommended restaurant. However, while the food was very good, this restaurant seemed to only have one person working there. This one person would take our orders, and then go cook a dish, bring it out, then go back in the kitchen, make another dish, and bring it out 15 minutes after the first. After ...

... the Grand Palace. It is full of amazing small temples which are very well kept and peaceful. We really enjoyed strolling round looking at the buddhas and buildings. Afterwards we moved over the road afterwards to Wat Pho, a temple most renowned for housing the world’s largest reclining gold Buddha... (that’s another of the world’s largest buddhas ticked off the list!) It is incredibly large and impressive to see, very difficult to get it in one photo.
Bangkok, Thailand simonandali2009

... up in running through our heads but we haven't had a single problem yet. I think as long as your a bit streetwise and have some common sense which some tourists seem not to have, then its no more dangerous than walking around any city.
The local food is delicious and sometimes slightly interesting.
We think our time visiting the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai will stick with us for ...

... teacher from Sukhumvit) and some of his friends to shoot some pool. We were supposed to meet up with Damon as well so we could all meet his girlfriend who was in town for the weekend, but he wasn’t feeling well. It was a good time none the less.

Sunday I was at school early to help participate in a Habitat for Humanity build. We helped lay the foundation for a one room house. We spent the day with about 12 students ...

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Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand astoreonline

... in the buying of a tour around the whole of Thailand. We reconvened at the hotel after lunch and then most returned again to bed. A group went to the station by tuk-tuk (fast becoming the groups favorite mode of transport. Tickets for the sleeper train were not available but Chasha’s brilliant negotiating and the helpful fact that she talks Thai gained as a bus trip instead for the same price and including a free lunch much to our delight. We ...

... were much in evidence as there was a BA jumbo leaving for Heathrow while we were waiting in transit.

From Colombo it was a few hours' flight to Bangkok. En route I was served a refreshing gin and tonic with ice and lemon in a clean (plastic) glass - a complete luxury after our three months in India. By the time we landed it had become dark.

Bangkok induced a state of shocked awe in us. We took a taxi from the airport to the area of old Bangkok known as ...