Viengtai Hotel Near Khao Sarn Bangkok

An early rise as I drag myself to the airport about 6am Sat morning It'll be another 24hrs before I'm in Bangkok as there's nearly a 7hr Sydney stopover... it's going to be a long day! Checkin is a breeze, though the guy tells me I can't leave Sydney airport without my bags. I take the risk and check them all the way through to Bangkok. No issues with passport control or customs in Sydney as I exit with a day pack.... phew! Manly and the beach are calling. It's a beautiful day with a chilly b...

A little fuzzy after such little sleep I drag myself out of bed and head off to a little B&B for breakfast. It's where my roomate, Enid, was staying before the hotel and they greet her like an old friend. 9:30am and I'm meeting the others - 3 guys and our tour leader is a Thai gal. After I get all the paperwork sorted and find a money changer for the local payment, it's off to explore the city as a group. Most of what we're doing I've already done on a work trip, but best to be sociable o...

back again having had our short break in Ko chang. heading for Hu Hinn tomorrow on the train. In the proceess of loading some pictures. Will try and load more later

Saturday 29th October WE FLEW 2000 MILES BACK WEST TODAY TO BANGKOK.HONGKONG AIRPORT WAS SO BIG THAT WE HAD TO GET A TRAIN TO WHERE WE CAUGHT THE PLANE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO FAR TO WALK. WE ARE STAYING A HOTEL CALLED THE VIENG TAI RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACKPACKER AREA OF BANGKOK.IT IS VERY BUSY.CAN YOU FIND BANGKOK ON THE MAP. i actually managed to gt lost in Hongkong airport when I left Vicki for a look round and it took me half an hour to find her again. A nice short easy flight by our st...

We may travel east or west, as Phuket is now of the list. Not sure yet. Ayuthaya About 85km north of Bangkok, lies the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Thailand's old capital, Ayuthaya (current population 62,100). The capital was transferred from U Thong to Ayutha in 1350 and lasted until 1767. Accounts say it was a splendid period during this time - prior to that it was a Khmer outpost. The city was named for Ayodhya (Sanskrit for 'unassailable' or 'undefeatable'), the home of Rama in the India...

Life in Thailand's capital Bangkok is chaotic and busy but offers so much for its visitors. This is an attractive place to shop due to a strong exchange against the Thai Baht and there are temples and giant Buddas all over the city. There is always activity in the streets with markets generally selling local produce during the day and clothes, jewellery and souvenirs in the afternoon and evening. The city is the capital and largest urban area of Thailand. Once a small trading post, the locati...

Well we've made it to Bangkok, despite the best efforts of a bomb scare at Heathrow, and the luggage people taking an extra hour to load the plane. We got here yesterday afternoon and made it out for a few beers - in fact my lovely husband made it out for most of the night to watch th England game (with that dreadful result I bet he wishes he'd stayed in bed now!) Have slept most of today to catch up, but we are out and about now, and off to do some exploring and visit the travel agents. Its ...

Hi All We had a good night in Trat at our very cheap guest house, and got up and breakfasted leisurely the next morning (30th Nov). We then got taxis to the bus station which yet again involved getting on the back of motorbikes (scooters) with our large rucksacks on our backs, our day sacks on our fronts and I was also holding a carrier bag containing a wood sculpture we had bought in Siem Reap and our all-important mosquito killing tennis racket. Its not easy balancing on the back of a motor...

Wow is all I can say for the last 8 days of my Thailand trip! As usual a short blog update will not do it justice but I will try to fill you in on as much as I can remember!!! The trip started with meeting all the other people on the tour - one moment stood out when the Northern Irish guy, Garth, introduced himself as "Hi i'm Garth, and I'm drunk" - he was also wearing a hat that cannot be described but had pom poms and bells on it... Followed by a fantastic dinner and a good night's sleep in...

On arrival into Bangkok we were greeted with humidity and smog but most of us were happy to be back. We caught some cabs back to the Viengtai hotel - our cab had a busted boot that wouldnt close - Laura and I kept looking behind us making sure our backpacks hadnt been tossed onto the road behind by his driving! We said our goodbyes to each other as everyone was moving onto something else or heading home. My flight wasnt til much later in the day so i went and had a massage followed by a hair ...