Chateau De Bangkok
29 Soi Ruamrudee, 1 Ploenchit Road Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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"City of Angels" or "Venice of the East"?
Yeah, so I'm a little behind on the updates, I've been busy. ;-)
So after 4 weeks in Hua Hin we made the 3 hour drive north to Bangkok and our new accommodations at the lovely Chateau De Bangkok. Bangkok, which apparently means City of Angels or City of the Divine is also known by tourists as the Venice of the East. I've heard Venice …
And thus it ends (at least the school part)
Just a quick note, and no pictures.
I can't believe after 11 months that this experience is coming to an end. The last few weeks have been a headache trying to get my capstone done as well as my research paper of South East Asia. But after all that work I have completed a 60 page capstone on Culture in Conflict regions and a 20 page paper …
Finally here in Bangkok
Well, we finally arrived, after a 10hour delay in Melbourne, getting on and off the plane a couple of times, and eating everything in the Qantas Lounge, we finally got onboard, got out of Melbourne and arrived here at 4:00am. After all the hype about the security of our bags, not having a visa and not knowing the language, I think our flight caught …
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Bangkok Arrival
After an 18 hour journey including a brief stopover in Hong Kong and crossing 12 time zones, we finally touched down in Bangkok on Wednesday, January 11th at around 21:00. BKK is a HUGE modern airport, used by many as a hub for travels within Asia.
We took the Airport Rail Line followed by the Skytrain; both were modern, clean and efficient. Despite the late hour (a non-issue in this city), the Skytrain was very busy so we ended up crammed into a corner with ...
A cultural day!
... it could be quite costly, interesting though!
I also learned that there are 400 Buddhist Temples in Thailand, and 35000 Buddhist Temples in Thailand. I found it also interesting that right now, Thailand’s Prime Minister is a woman, she is the first female Prime Minister in Thailand.
It was a morning jam packed with information, and cultural knowledge.
We came back to our hotel, and Alan and I went out to walk around the ...



