Grace Hotel Bangkok

... bit of baht left over before we move on, we decide to splash out on a fancy place to stay in Silom in Bangkok. The place is called Sathorn Grace Serviced Residence (1600 baht/£32 a night), so we get another taxi to here which cost 100 baht (£2) which is ...

... tired and a little disoriented from jet lag, so it will be a few days before I'm back in the saddle. Last time through Bangkok mostly just relaxing and eating more curry, more tom kha, more shakes. We ended up in Hong Kong as a kind of ...

<B>Monday November 20th </B> Bangkok Got up and after breakfast, we headed out to the US Embassy.  We hailed a cab and this time decided to use the meter.  We probably should have experimented on a shorter trip, but we figured we ...

... 're de nous montrer son petit chien de 10 ans, qui règne en maître sur le comptoir, et nous souhaite la bienvenue à Bangkok. Puis, nous suivons une allée et nous retrouvons dans un dédale de magasins et d’échoppes qui n’en finit plus ...

... vraiment géniale, j'étais vraiment content d'avoir pu vivre ça. Au retour, je me suis chopé les embouteillages monstrueux de Bangkok évidement. Rien de comparable à Bruxelles, ici c'est un blocage complet de toute la ville, tu restes parfois 15 min ...

... Friday being a holiday for SAS...what to do....I know...call a travel agent, tell them I want to go to Bangkok can they get me a flight and a hotel.  Grace is a darling...works very hard to get me a nice hotel and flight.  I am scheduled to ...

... over a new leaf and post short, concise logs more frequently. Now, let's see how well we actually do. :-) Ok, I must admit Bangkok met my expectations in the areas of pollution, over-population and just plain excess. What I was NOT prepared for was the ...

... at the central train station. I have ended up in the interesting situation of not knowing if I have managed to book at my usual Bangkok hotel (the one storing my bike bag) over the internet for a cheap rate, or not. I need the internet to check my email ...

... populations at some 12 millions, it is also home to over 400 temples. Someone said to me before I started on my travels that Bangkok would be a culture shock…well so far I’m not feeling that way at all. It all seems very civilised and much ...

January 13, 2008 Sherry & I flew back to Bangkok for one night to surprise her folks. They had no idea we'd be there to pick them up from the airport. They were expecting Erik & Somchai only. The guys friend Clemens also came out with us. They looks on ...

... . Leaning against the lamppost, drunk with pride and disorientation, and tipsy with gin, I mumble to myself, You did it. Bangkok is the best and worst of Eastern and Western sensibilities; ancient customs, and modernity, and all the grace, and ...

... by Vishnukarn. This is Bangkok's full legal name, the world's longest city name. Bangkok: Numerous trips to Bangkok. I stayed at the Grace Hotel for years until the creepy male Arab group tours became too much...the last straw was after I ...

Saturday 25 September, 10.59pm, Novotel Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport So when you arrive at a lot of these ASEAN countries, they tend to give UK passport holders a 30 day entry visa. Vietnam is the only one you have to buy in advance, and the majority of ...

... bows with their hands together as a greeting, much more fun than waving or just saying hi/bye/thankyou. As far as tourist attractions, Bangkok doesn't really have things you have to do like most places I've been. We went to the Royal Palace, the ...

... ; The flight attendant apologized to me, but I told her "it happens".  Nothing they could do differently. Arrival in Bangkok was a breeze because Swiss had an escort meeting me to hustle me through immigration.  Got to love not waiting ...

... the flight from Bangkok to Chiangmai (for those of you booking flights...One Two Go have the cheapest on offer) and relaxed with 4s' in the lobby of the hotel that Grace is in. Oh yeah.....saw my first Christmas tree this year in a shop ...

... fish for sale - and a rat running about which was - i'm assuming - NOT for sale!!!) and we've motored down the dirty Bangkok canals in the pissing rain (not every experience can be cherished!!) Off to the beach for a week - fingers crossed the weather is ...

So we finally made it to Bangkok Sunday night (or Sunday morning for those of you back home) after 22 hours of traveling. Our first day, Carl and I decided to get an early start to the day and see everything we possibly could in this bustling city full of ...

... . He mounted the 1st bus, I the second, which raced through towns like Trat, and took eight hours to get to Bangkok; an uncomfortable ride sitting next to two giggly French females. And one stop at a wayside foodstore and eatery. ...

Mary's Impressions: Our trip to Bangkok was primarily a chance to reconnect with our old friends Sukhbir and Nita. It was also a chance for us to see some of the changes to this city we had visited 15 years ago.  At the airport, we took the ...