Bangkok Rama Hotel

Travel Blogs from Bangkok

Reflections on China and arrival in Bangkok

A travel blog entry by mattcannon

Departure from Beijing was on a particularly rainy day which was typical given I would spend most of it outside, and in transit to the domestic terminal 2 at the airport. Undeterred by the smoggy, cold weather I put the waterproofs on both me and my bags and set off to the subway which was to cost 10p, after this I was to catch the airport express …

Border crossing from Hell

A travel blog entry by scouski

Our 'taxi' man picked us up at 9am in a scraggy old banger with no air conditioning so we should have known it was going to be a bad start to a frustrating day! We had previously had to fend off the receptionists request for payment at a higher rate for the room we had stayed in but we stuck to our guns - it was their mistake after all, so tough …

Our week in Bangkok

A travel blog entry by sarah_dan2012

... the size of your face floating around.

It has now been a week here and we have pritty much seen it all in Bangkok! It has been a fascinating experience taking a look at their culture and how things work in this city. We had to increase our time here slightly as all the trains were booked up for a festival in Chiang Mai so we have a train out of here on Monday and cannot wait to get to our next destination (Chiang Mai) on tuesday morning.

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Chinatown / Muay Thai boxing

A travel blog entry by thamitastouch

... gold baht to show their love. If they ever separate, or if he dies, she is left with much pure gold. She heads straight to the goldsmith, no haggling, and she gets a damn good price for her quality gold. Like I said, it's like currency. Controlled by the government and pegged to the global gold prices as published by Wall Street. I head back to the hotel and rest for a bit. I have three hours to kill before heading to Lumphini for the Muay Thai boxing fights. I shower a bit ...

Visite chez mes amis Ecossais

A travel blog entry by davidlaurent

... lui j'irai découvrir les folies de Patang, la ville des plaisirs charnelles et des ladyboys, le genre d'endroit qu'il faudrait raser par un tsunami, et pourtant ça existe encore...

Je me rends à Phuket Town pour une soirée salsa/reggaeton ou je dois retrouver mes amis Toulousains. Je suis surpris de découvrir une ville calme et propre, avec son marché nocturne très vivant un centre ville où j'ai du mal à trouver un restaurant. ...