Banyan Bangkok

... !!  It is the Queen's birthday (Thailand's Queen) today so their were a few firework displays set up around the city of Bangkok.  From our room we had a great view of the spectacular fireworks show. We ordered room service for tea - Carl ordered ...

After our class night, the night before we had to do it all again and pack the bags to head off to Bangkok.  I booked a 5 star hotel in Bangkok to celebrate the engagment.  Everything was all set to leave at 9am until the guy we book the tickets ...

... been looking forward to this day for weeks whilst putting up with bamvoo huts and cold water showers! We were checking in to the Banyan Tree, ahhhhh! So got up and checked out of our pit....went and did some shopping hel finally got a phone that works ...

... our key to our room - which was on the 55th floor!!!  Our room number was 5502 and it overlooked the city of Bangkok.  Glorious views, beautiful room and big King Size bed!  No bath next to the window, which we were disappointed ...

... Town, where they were holding a Vegetarian festival.  Loved it here, was incredibly busy but unlike the other parts of Bangkok it felt like real life! People weren't just there to sell to the tourists.  The main roads were about 5lanes ...

Hello, With all our activities in Chiang Mai we only had one day left of Rob's holiday to try and see Bangkok. We decided to concentrate on a few of the main sights starting with the Grand Palace (although the King doesn't live there anymore) and the ...

Monday, October 30, 2006 Free Day in Bangkok Dear Readers: Today is the last day of the tour, and we purposely leave it completely free so that people can do whatever they desire. My morning and afternoon are taken up with blogging, repeat visits ...

... a place that I had written down from LP.  I didn't have the exact address and some how we ended up in Patpong, Bangkok's red light district!  Guess it makes sense, since there's a gazillion massage places there.  We never found the one we ...

... Our food is guaranteed not to make you pregnant.”  Good to know.  This was definitely an “only in Bangkok” moment.  Tonight we are having dinner at the Bed Supperclub.  Bed Supperclub has a location in San Francisco, ...

... darueber, Die Bruecke am Kwai von 1957. Der Tiger Temple war sehr eindruecklich. In dieser Tierzucht, ca 2 Stunden von Bangkok entfernt, werden u.a. Tiger geschuetzt aufgezogen. Den Touristen wird erlaubt, Fotos von sich und den Tigern machen zu lassen. ...

... the city for a hop-on-hop-off boat tour of the main temples on the river and dinner in the China town district. Getting around Bangkok is really easy and there is very little hassle. As night fell we headed for an open air drink at the Vertigo Moon Bar ...

So happens that Hilary & Pete are living in Kuala Lumpur for the next few years. They were in Bangkok for several days and I met them there. I was also there with them about 5 years ago... we did some of the same things and it was a fun ...

On work in Bangkok - living it up in the Banyan Tree... indulging in the the bliss of a world class spa...mmmnn..shoppping in Pat Pong, food in the night markets, being a hippie at khau ...

... which would afford us good views of the city. So we headed to a smart hotel I had read about called the Banyan Tree which is Bangkok's third  highest observation point. A Banyan tree is a tree of great beauty and is a fig that starts its life as an ...