Eastin Lakeside Hotel
Travel Blogs from Pak Kret
Bangkok to Sydney
... then went for an ice cream before it was time to say thank you and goodbyes. We got back to the house to get our bags and realised that Hannah had locked the door for which we didn't have the right key for. We sat outside for about an hour thinking the maid might be home soon. I tried playing with the door and out of luck I managed to get the door open. ...
Finding peace....
... all these sticky clothes off me. But here's the cool thing about this room. It's like a fishbowl. Two sides of full window overlooking the scenery. And yes, fishbowl means no curtains! Ok, after some hesitation I realised there is nothing but the river and the garden beyond these windows. So I slowly begin to peel off some clothing. I walk over to inspect the washrooms and they've been washed down. The ants are in a bit of a fury to relocate themselves. Yes, there are ants. Even ...
Day 33 - The Best Man for the Job
... and roll the minute he picked us up. "Which tour company did you use on your holiday sir...which driver did you hire...where from...oh I surprised you went that way that's the wrong way to do it, you should have done it the other way around....oh he didn't tell you about xxx oh he should have done that...I can book all of your hotels for you much cheaper than on the Internet....." ; he had them all, smooth as a baby's bum that fella. And why not, good on these guys ...
Put on a happy face
They call it the land of smiles and I can't think of a better name for it. Whether its because the people are constantly smiling at you or you can't help but smile yourself Thailand is a place that inspires the corners of your mouth to turn upwards. We were a bit sad to leave the comforts of Hong Kong but were pleasantly surprised at how much we immediately liked Bangkok. We flew in the morning of August 16th and made our way to our hostel. We were staying in a district ...
Random Manoeuvres!!
... tour of Bangkok. We saw the Royal Palace, the temple of the emerald buddha, the Reclining Buddha (measuring a whopping 46 meters long) and the temple of dawn where we climbed the pagoda to get panoramic views of Bangkok. After a big day of touring, we grabbed a meal then some 80c beers from the local 7/11 and headed back to the hotel to watch the footy. Way too many beers and an enormous amount of **** spoken and it was time to sleep...it was really ...