Ambassador Bangkok

... vid den berömda stranden, White beach under 6 nätter och våra sista 4 nätter kommer vi att bo på hotellet Ambassador i paradiset. Boraqay är mycket exploaterat för sin vackra vita strand. På ön som är ca 1km bred och 4km lång kan man hitta ...

... sidewalks and lane ways are street vendors, markets, little shops, a million things for sale, from the artistic to the absurd. The Ambassador Hotel was recommended to me by a friend and I was pleased to have a nice hotel arranged ahead of time. It ...

... are other problems as well. Streets are dirty and the sewers are non-existent in many areas (with the hot temperatures, Bangkok ís easily the smelliest large city that we have visited). Sidewalks are used primarily by street vendors and to park scooters ...

exploring Bangkok and loving ...

... -2-shirts-for-$189-guys and the I'll-charge-you- more-than-your-tailor-at-home-guys. In the end I picked David Mann in the Ambassador Hotel on Sukhumvit, Soi 11 because I liked them, I liked their fabric and in the end I felt like I'd get a couple decent ...

... and a whole host of interesting characters including (the probably self proclaimed) Mr Thailand, who looked more like a pimp than an ambassador for the country. We walked around and bought a few bits and bobs and Amy got a very inexpensive and very green ...

... posing. Across the guesthouse is a colonnade of tailor shops and travel agents that lead to the swankier international sameness of the Ambassador Hotel. I push back the glass door and feel a rush of icy air at the Internet café.   "Computer ...

... ...no I have to get it! Let's hope and dream then! You never know! Over the past 3 days in Bangkok I pass by some old places: Dusit Thani, Westin, Ambassador, Nana station and finally Central World...   Ok one more thing I have to do in this year ...

... out of them. When I didn't have a drill and a hacksaw in my mouth I was eating and drinking. I had breakfast on the Ambassador's terrace today and ate the most ridiculous piece of "cake" I've ever attempted to eat. I would have been happy to write ...

... - more shopping and many sights to see. My room is the same with the exception of one big bed vs two twins.  I really like the Ambassador and was able to get the room for 4 nights for $160. US  Now Dennis believes this is way too much to spend ...

We went to the main shopping mall and found a fabric store.  On my return, I will by some fabric! I went to a tailor shop called Ambassador & Smart Fashion - they had an add in a map that I picked up at the airport.  Of course it was a lost ...

... airport in Bangkok.  We exchanged some money for our first batch of Bahts, got on the taxi line and drove to the Ambassador Hotel off of Sukhumvit Road.  I had an eerie sense that I had been here before.  Most likely because it reminded me ...

... when we  will plan our next trip here but something tells me we will be back. As we rode out on our last Ambassador taxi, I realized I still had some food reinfroments I needed to dispose of...In an effort to get them in the right hands, Adam flung ...

... like pimps! We took an Air Asia flight and arrived in Bangkok around 6:30pm. Bangkok is a welcome relief compare to Malaysia.  While Bangkok is not as clean as Singapore, is it no where near as bad as Malaysia.  KBB - I believe that will be all ...

This will be my last entry as it is my last day in Bangkok.  Today was hanging around the pool day.  Not much excitement with the exception of the Viagra or Cilias lased 60 year old men hanging around in their speedos preparing to go out in ...

... right near the Grand Palace, and works at Exxon Mobil, so I took him to be a fairly wealthy Thai. He wants to become an Ambassador, and was very interested in practicing his English and wanted to hang out more, but I told him I was leaving the day after ...

... only, special prices. It was fun just to watch her on the phone as she haggled with minions like the Vietnamese Ambassador gesticulating loudly and frantically before snapping shut her mobile phone, turning to you and with a smile confirming 'Is OK'. ...

... today I was reminded of some the delights of Kabul - particularly the close community - when I opened a group email from the NZ Ambassador ('Neville', the only member of the NZ consulate) inviting us Kiwi's to a New Zealand Happy Hour at the British ...

... we will leave for Vietnam to compare their strategies to combat the epidemic. Bangkok has been an interesting city to visit. Our hotel, the Ambassador, is located in an area near all the go-go bars and beer bars (where all the Western men go to pick up ...

... . They even had those sidewalk clams (loose tiles that spit water up your leg when you step on them). We stayed at the Ambassador Hotel. It was a great deal $36 which included a breakfast buffet. Nothing much to say about it. I'm looking forward to doing ...