Hilton Thailand

I am trying to see as many places off the beaten path as I can in 37 days. The plan is to visit every continent (except Antarctica of course!!). We will see what happens. I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures as much as I enjoy experiencing them ...

Today we went to the Bangkok Hilton, known locally as the Bangkwang Central Prison. We seen the name of an English inmate, Gary Jones, up on a notice board, and thought we'd go and pay the poor soul a wee visit. After being manhandled by the gay looking ...

... the like, for the cold weather in Bhutan, and after a stop in Dubai for a bit more shopping, I finally made it to Thailand, arriving at 1pm local time. I was knackered when we landed because of screaming babies, and it made me really appreciate how well ...

... enjoying the wind in my hair and the sunshine on my skin as we zoomed through the streets of Bangkok, thinking, "I can't believe I'm in Thailand!"   {As we would later discover, there are taxi drivers, tuk tuks, and "tour guides" trying to make a few ...

... the country. Learn more of the history, I've realised my knowledge of Thailand is minimal. Everything I know about Thailand I learnt from The King and I, and Bangkok Hilton. It's hot and humid. I think we'll go for a swim in the 24 hour pool later. ...

Yes, we are in Bangkok, but we had better start our first entry from Thailand, with three and a bit days worth of Indian madness in Mumbai, or as I prefer to call it (there's an Englidsh name for it and I'm going to use it), Bombay. We left for Bombay ...

... 's. It was built to hold 3,500 prisoners but currently holds in the region of 8,000. It is known as "The Bangkok Hilton" in the West and in Thailand as "The Big Tiger" as it eats men alive. Prisoners spend fourteen hours a day locked up in their cells - ...

... We even have a personal chauffeur to take us down to the beach in nice black Mercedes....mmmm maybe we should live in Thailand!!! Every night we have enjoyed fantastic rain and thunder storms that roll in over the beach and we have an amazing view from ...

... . I'm in a guest house on the backpacker's mecca that is the Khao San Road (Bangkok) at the end of 2 weeks in Thailand. Yes, I'm still alive everyone - apologies for the radio silence. I will update my India and Hong Kong blog pages a bit later. In ...

... make the guests stay comfortable. I have found something unique during this trip that I had not anticipated. There is a HUGE difference between Thailand (and SE Asian) hotels once you spend $100+. You are treated Very well in the $40-80 range, but at ...

... and not a picture to share. Its nice enough, in fact, I could quiet easily live here. Hau Hin is the Gold Coast of Thailand, it's a long dirty white beach, littered with tall hotels like the Hilton, Sheraton, Hyatt etc, with skanky horses to rent for ...

... and Zoo, which was on the southern outskirts of town. It's funny - there's a very open two-tier pricing system in Thailand where Thais pay one (lower) price, and farang (foreigners) pay another, higher price. Because Uncle Drew bought the tickets while ...

... , her daughter and grandson in a new bungalow in Hua Hin, which is a small town right on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand with a sizeable European expat community. We dropped Neil off at the City Beach Hotel, a four star affair not quite as nobby as the ...

... world syndrome again or what a nice area I live in!! So in our quest to shed some excess timber and make the most of Thailand’s best, we book a Mai Thai boxing training session. 2 hours with a trainer each, OMG how tough is it!! I thought I ...

... if i offended one of them i might get deported and get to Cambodia for free? More likely to get a free trip to the Bangkok Hilton... Right, must stop writing now i've been meaning to send this for 3 days!! bye bye and take care all. PS: please write to ...

... available transport! We got a song thaew (large tuk tuk) to the sky rail, sky rail to  the river, free hotel boat to the hilton, more high tea in beautiful surrounds, back on  the boat to the main pier, sky rail, taxi and home!  managed to stay ...

So we left Cambodia by bus and headed to the border town of Poi Pet, after about 3 hours we arrived and spent well over an hour going through the border control. We were supposed to get a train straight to Bangkok, but were told it took 6 hours and ...