Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok

... is still very nervous of flooding and you can see evidence everywhere with sand bags surrounding many businesses and hotels. Areas of Bangkok and parts of country are flooded and they need to wait for the water to drain through flood control systems down ...

Day2: Today was temple day in Bangkok. We started with a Skytrain ride (quite easy and safe to use) to the dock on the Chao Phraya River. This waterway divides down town from Thonburi, the former location of the Thai capital. The River was busy with ...

We're spent almost 5 days in the crazy city of Bangkok, Thailand.  It's difficult not to hate this city and slightly love it at the same time.  It's hard to explain...  It's like watching a train-wreck, you can't help but look at it, but in ...

Bonjour, de retour de Birmanie j'ai accueilli Moman a Bangkok ou nous avons passe quelques jours ensemble. Balade sur le fleuve pour aller voir What Pho et son bouddha couche, week-end market pour acheter des epices et shopping dans le centre de Bangkok. ...

... via a few stops at the shops of our Tuk-Tuk driver's "friends" (gems and silk pressure sell), and finally dinner at the Bangkok Four Seasons. It was 93 degrees and a "refreshing" 60% humidity----which is considered arid for this area this time of the ...

It is now 12 p.m and today was my first day of journeying through Bangkok. today included more of a culture feel to it than a tour. I rode my bike this afternoon because of the weather and traffic. Away from the main roads there is a fast system of ...

Il est temps donc de quitter Christian et le Sud et de rejoindre Bangkok. Merci à Lili qui m'a conseillé ce guide si sympathique et grand connaisseur de la Thaïlande. L’Airbus A320 d’Air Asia (sièges très confortables) nous dépose à ...

... When we finished with all the wats we wanted to see, we decided to head to Chinatown to check out Sampeng Lane. Chinatown in Bangkok is exactly like Chinatown in Toronto…only crazier. I can’t even begin to explain to you the madness of Sampeng ...

... the longest place name in the world is back home in NZ, we just can't remember all of it.   Heathrow to Bangkok is an 11 hour flight, during which Thai Airways ply their passengers with copious offerings of alcohol, presumably in the hope they ...

Flew back into Bangkok for 2 nights of further luxury.http://www.parkplaza.com/bangkokth check out the view from the roof (fig.1).  Worryingly hotels in thailand have a shower that can be viewed from the bedroom. (fig.2). Luckily there is a screen you ...

Well, we've arrived in Bangkok - and now were leaving! We've had a great couple of days visiting the sights: a night market, the grand palace, khao san road (today), and taking all sorts of transport: tuk tuk, sky train, boat, taxi (the last was a ...

... from the ferry landing off a restaurant near Pin Klao Bridge, passing the most majestic sight along the river, the Grand Palace and the temple of the Emerald Buddha in old Rattanakosin, visiting Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), and seeing The ...

... I could see that beauty has become their curse. There are two things that ripped at my soul in different ways when I walked down Sukhumvit. One was the obvious lack of any kind of social safety net. Which I believe contributes to my other point but I'll ...

... had dinner at Pakistan Restaurant.The food was good! TIPS FOR MUSLIM TRAVELLER: ~Dont worry about HALAL foods in Bangkok, you can find HALAL restaurant at Sukhumvit area and certain mall like MBK also has MUSLIM food stalls. ~Even in Chatucahak also has ...

... street vendors, food hawkers, tattoo parlors, Thai massage places, internet cafes and tour/travel agencies.  I stayed instead in Sukhumvit, which I had read had more of the City's upscale restaruants, bars, hotels and nightlife.  While this may ...

... with our connecting flight which is with Turkish Airlines and flies overnight to Istanbul. We are staying out at the Grand Millennium a relatively new 5 star hotel on Sukhumvit Road.  Sukhumvit  is one of the major arteries and has a lot of ...

... table – why should smokers get the best seats? I had a Long Island Ice Tea. Caught the 6.30 shuttle bus to Sukhumvit – the driver recommended a restaurant in Soi 23 (Soi Cowboy) so we decided to go there. There were some guys on Sukhamvit ...

... we spotted a nice little restaurant on the river and relaxed at lunch. The last place on my list to see in Bangkok was Soi 15 off Sukhumvit road where I lived for two years and attended ISB (International School of Bangkok). WOW! What a shock to see ...

... a little gem as a place to stay but the location can't be beat.  I am a few hundred yards from the main Sukhumvit Road, and the subway station and skytrain station are both right at that intersection.  It couldn't be easier to get around.  ...