Royal River Bangkok

Been a couple of days since writing not always able to get onto the internet. Bangkok is so different from HK the culture and people make it a real expierence. The Hotel is on the river bank and we goet into the Centre by boat which takes about 15-20 mins where we see riverside communities going about their day to day lives. We have been to the cosmopolitan area the shops which are interlaced with market stalls everyonr trying to sell their wares. ang has got some new clot...

DAY 12 FRI We were not sorry to leave Bangkok. Staying in a hotel in the middle of the city had seemed a good idea back in Sydney, but the virtues of the Royal River and its location beside the river away from the noise and bustle had quickly become apparent. Our hotel limousine to the airport cost 400 baht ($20) and we were a bit annoyed when the driver asked us to pay the 20 baht toll so that he could take the freeway and avoid the traffic. We were not terribly impressed with the Baiyoke. T...

DAY 1 SUN Our QANTAS flight to Bangkok was uneventful, except for the presence of famous TV personality Bill Peach who spent the entire trip stretched out across four seats. I watched the in-flight movie, "Bird on a Wire", while Margaret dozed noiselessly beside me. We arrived in Bangkok at 10.05pm (1.05am Sydney time). The immigration officer who greeted us was somewhat less than friendly, throwing our passports at us with a disdain that seemed to express his view of tourists from down under...

Short flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok. The only short haul flight I have seen with a full jumbo jet. Stayed a bit out of town at a nice hotel before we hit the ten day Intrepid tour "Timeless Thailand" I think its called. The following day we visited Jim Thompson's house, of Jim Thompson silk fame. This chap built a house in Bangkok made of 6 traditional Thai houses stapled together. He also put them back together inside out so he could see the external decor all the time. He collected a lot...

The following day we took a rikshaw ride down to the Kanchanaburi war cemetery and JEATH war museum. Both were moving. There were some great articles and letters in the museum, the best of which about veterans who had been at Hellfire pass and had since gone back. The range of reactions seems to be right from people who couldnt go back or talk about what happened to people who were rightly supportive of the museum so that future generations would not make similar mistakes.
We also chanced ...

On the plane flight to Bangkok, we were so excited and couldn't wait to get there.We had Thai food on the plane, which is the the best food we have ever had (before actually being in Thailand!) We didn't really know what to expect at all. When we got to the airport we got a cab from one of the taxi stands (which is cheaper, because they charge by the meter, some other cabs just pick a price). We got to our hotel, ordered some food and went to bed. The first and second night we stayed at the R...

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well, when I arrived in Bangkok two nights ago I thought I would save some money and took the train. Using the map I have I thought I had figured it all out when I found myself back at the airport about 45 minutes later. Hard to explain without a map. But I enjoyed hanging out the door of the train and the liked the really large open windows they have. I told a taxi driver at the airport to take me to the Royal River Hotel which my mother recommended but ended up at the Royal Hotel. The taxi ...

Woke up around 9:30 and didn't exactly feel like hopping on a train and busting ass to get to the airport, but that's what we had to do. We both fought off nausea on that dreadful train ride to the airport. I felt sick for the whole day, actually. We boarded the plane and I went to sleep. I was awakened by screams and a large jolt. The first thought that went through my mind was that maybe we were getting hit by howitzer flak or something. It just turned out to be some rather nasty turbulence...