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A travel blog entry by mmplescia

Finally made it over here after a delay in Taipei due to a typhoon. The weather is humid and the city is busy. We only had two nights in Bangkok so we tried to do all we could. The first day went for a dinner and show. The following day we had a full day tour. The van picked us up at 7:30am at the hotel and dropped us off at 7pm. A long day but it …

Long Live the King!

A travel blog entry by winegalcj

... his loving, awaiting people – they donned yellow shirts with his insignia as a sign of unity. His son spoke and the Prime Minister, then the King spoke briefly, quietly from his wheel chair to his people.

You see, the King is not well. The people that saw him said he looked weak and pale in on the very ornate stage. His son spoke well, but is obvious that in this town, the King is the favorite.

Eventually the crowd dispersed and ...

Day 3

A travel blog entry by beckieben

... time.....surely!! By 3.00am jet lag had finally set in and we were wide awake. The day actually started with bright sunshine and a trip round the Grand Palace, pretty impressive but overrun with Russian people and umbrella's not to mention 40degree heat. After that we walked to the pier and took a (free, thank you Bangkok) ferry down the river, the sky train, metro and a nice walk through a park back to the hotel. A dip in the rooftop pool and then a sneaky ...

1st day in Bangkok

A travel blog entry by hayleyannbambi

... in my sweetie bag!

Alarm set to check out at midday and meet Alex in reception to discuss possible walk to the palace!

On review:

Never trust a friendly Thai teacher with a brolly in blazing sunshine :)

Bracelets sold on Khoa San are not funny, big, nor clever. Mostly bad and misspelt assumptions of English slang/sayings.

Would rather a 5am wake up call from drunken American than dorm room stinking of stale ...

Here's my number so call me baby

A travel blog entry by kalpesh_gohil

208

... stop location and was directed to a stop, I waited and waited and waited and no bus 72. I asked shop owners and no one had heard of bus 72. I got fed up as it started to rain and was late and tried to get a cab but no one knew where the hostel was until the 5th cab. No energy to haggle, lucky ******* driver. Then as we drove I saw in a dark corner street bus 72. Grrrr.

Last morning, and as I stepped out the hostel I saw bus ...