Sun Pavilion Bangkok

... were amazing, especially at night with all the city lights, and the fact that the railings were totally low profile (you wouldn't want to trip while taking the stairs). At that height, the heat and humidity were made totally comfortable by the constant breeze. What a great way to end the trip! We stayed later than expected (well into the next day), which made for a rough 4 am start the next morning... ouch, ah well.

Sat. Nov 28, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand srb013

... that I couldn't find a fried banana vendor anywhere and my daily fix didn't look like it would materialise...very disturbing. We finally found one in the Embassy district and I breathed a sigh of relief and contentment.

We took the Skytrain (like the subway but elevated high above the very congested streets of the city) and the taxi boat on the Chao Phraya to get around, it was quite interesting. The Chao Phraya (pronounced Chao Praya and not Fraya), by ...

... even talk back- it may seem rude but it works. They are friendly because they are only interested in your wallet.


I met a cool tuk tuk driver who spoke excellent English who gave some travel advice for newbies, and gave me a free ride to the train station. The ride over was like a good roller coaster- terrifying and exciting at the same time. Weaving in and out of cars, driving in the oncoming traffic lane, Thais are amazing drivers, and very considerate to other vehciles ...

... your head on the way) to drink beer as there are several guys selling beers and food all night and to seat on the doors and see the world passing over because the train doors stay open all night long, if you wanna jump out of the train they make things easy for you!!!!

We got to Bangkok at 7 am after passing by the outside parts of the city, That's something worth it to wake up for , dirty as hell, poor and filthy as I expected, not to ...

... driving in circles and getting caught in Bangkok traffic. Two hours after handing our passport in, we received our extension and left the bureau. As we walked through the door we heard the crashes of thunder and lighting illuminated the sky. We were later to find out the storm was the heaviest rainfall Bangkok had received in 25 years and many of the roads were starting to flood. With no taxi’s to be had we spent the next two and half hours on ...

... town was the 'Sawasdee Banglumpoo Inn'.
I dont know the interpretation for the word in Thai but bang, lump and poo are adequate to describe the cramped room (as in lump on the head), bang for all the noise and poo for the smell!
The living and working conditions of those native to this area was awful. They looked and behaved as people worn down by overwork and stress. The condition of the beggers was in a league of its own. We saw a man with no ...

... Palace, Parliament House, Dusit Zoo and Chitlada Palace King's Residence.


13.00 Hrs.
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At the end of tour will be visit the local product store. Then tranfer to your hotel.
Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand paulsiampdtour

... was only about 16k from the Myanmar border, the last part of the journey was on unmade track for about 40 minutes. We had first to be presented to the Chief at the Headquarters with the OV representatives and from there we were picked by one of school teachers, Ann, she understood English but spoke little, we had another coffee break at the regional police office and were very pleased that we had dressed in our teacher clothes to meet all the officials.

This school was ...

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... of Truth temple in Pattaya built. Rich guy! Next up was a short drive to Bang Pu for dinner. We walked out to the end of the pier to eat. The food was good but the mosquitoes were INSANE! We shoveled in as much food as we could, didn't even finish and left. The mosquitoes were seriously that bad. The smoke they put around us, under us and in front of us had no effect on them. To end the night M wanted to take ...