One of the temples that should be in your Top 10 Temples in Bangkok is Wat Traimit (full name is Wat Traimitwitthayaram Worawihan). The temple is on the outskirts of Chinatown and was was built about 150 years ago. The temple itself would most certainly not be on the tourist circuit if it wasn't for an accident that revealed a solid gold Buddha ...

Bangkok is a shopper's paradise where you can find just about everything from expensive brand name goods to cheap knockoffs all within easy walking distance.  Daytime shopping can be hot and sweaty if you do it outdoors and can leave you absolutely exhausted afterwards.  What better way to increase your stamina by exploring the various...

Arrived in hot Bangkok after catching the conecting flight from Singapore - too late to explore but looking forward to the next week.

As we descended down upon Bangkok the first thing that caught our eyes was the factories on the outskirts of the massive city. We were still waking up as we had touch down, and our Austrian Cpt. reminded us that possession of illegal drugs is punished with death in Thailand. We were assaulted by a horde of cab drivers as we left the airport. And...

Don't go to Thailand if you like cats or dogs! When we arrived in to Bangkok, we stayed in a palace.  A palace!  Called the Davis hotel.  We stayed there for 2 nights. After not wanting to leave we finally move to our new hotel to meet our tour in a cheaper Palace.  David told me that we had a outdoor swimming ...

It was my last morning in Bangkok, and we still hadn't been to see the Emerald Buddha or gone to the Grand Palace.  Our guide at the National Museum told us that we hadn't seen Bangkok until we'd done that, so today was the day. Since New Year's is a big holiday with religious overtones in Bangkok (this surprised me, is January 1 this first...

Well olaho, I have now arrived in bangkok and have forget how they can get you to pay for stuff without you even knowing about. My flight seemed like it took a week or so with a stop over in dubai, which for the record looks the mutts nuts and may want to visit there someday. Flight was delayed and the airline delayed my connecting flight for me...

The next night was the Queen's birthday and by this time about 20 exchange students have arrived. We all went out to the Grand Palace were the entire city was there to celebrate. We were all very confused and had no idea what was going on but there were huge crowds of people and some good fireworks. A few of us built up our courage and tried som...

Riding sidesaddle through the streets of Bangkok wearing a skirt and flip-flops may be the stupidest (and coolest) thing I've ever done...

On Arriving in Bangkok we were greeted by a spectacular thunder storm its almost like the rain followed us here! The heat and humidity was something else and was quite overwhelming at first. For example you have to keep the windows closed to keep the heat out!! Bangkok is like a concrete jungle, buildings, shops and apartments all merging togeth...