Key Bangkok Hotel

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... after we checked into our hotel (and marveled at how modern it is!) we quickly fell asleep! Side note: Our room at the Key Bangkok is very nice and relatively cheap (keeping in mind that we are staying at midrange places… not those crazy places ...

This day our plan was to visit the key Bangkok attractions: The Grand Palace, Temple of Emerald Buddha, Temple of Reclining Buddha and if possible, the Vinanmek Mansion, the biggest teak-wood palace. It was also Mihaela's birthday, but in the morning she ...

Flight back to Bangkok with Air Asia (8:35am) Airport shuttle bus to KSR, and walked down the road to O! Bangkok Hotel (630B/nt) - out to change dollars to baht - got a wee feed - then settled up for first night+deposit of 300B for key). I'd been feeling ...

... horrible.  Hopefully you will take my advice and not waste 2 hours of your life on this complete bust of a film.  We had one full day left in Bangkok and two key objectives yet to be met: floating market and thai massage.     ...

... south. The final 2 nights were spent in the kind of luxury to which I am unlikely ever to become accustomed. The Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok. One of those places I might see people entering and leaving and sneer the mocking 'what do you know ...

... . We had no problems at the airport this time and went through to board the plane. The flight was uneventful. When we got to Bangkok we lined up for customs and picked the slowest moving line, as was our routine. When we did finally get to a customs ...

... arrived in Bangkok. First by taxi, then train, then bus and now plane. Nicola has found and Hotel on the net called The Bangkok Golf Spa Hotel for 1250 baht - 20 quid. On way Geoff has to wake our taxi driver who falls asleep at some traffic lights. ...

... 24) – cost about as much as the train (30 baht each) but took three times longer – I fell asleep twice. Bangkok traffic is a nightmare. Had a couple of drinks at an Irish bar called the Dubliner, which was quite pleasant, then had dinner at a ...

... are fantastic. The pool (by the river) glorious with it's constant breeze. No wonder Trip Advisor has it as the number 1 hotel in Bangkok. We have 3 days here before leaving. Lorraine sets off to do the tourist stuff (been there, done that, got the tee ...

... airport!  We relaxed reading while waiting for our flight.  We boarded our plane and the flight back to Bangkok was a little choppy! The drive to the hotel was a long one - the roads were busy and our taxi driver did an amazing job.  We ...

... far too friendly and struggled to climb even the smallest of rocks. After several days relaxing in Kanchanaburi, we headed back to Bangkok. Sarah and Neil were confirmed on there flight home, and we left ourselves for the island of Ko Samet, primarily ...

... a deposit for my trip to Phuket. I told him that I still wanted to go to Phuket but as he was aware what happened to the hotel, I needed a room for the night. If he could help me out, then I would pay the remaining balance. I was happy that he agreed and ...

The flight to Bangkok was a bit hard on all of us, lasting only six hours, but crossing the date line we lost a day somewhere over the Pacific.  I was able to get a few hours sleep while Erica stayed up to 'avoid jet-lag'.  As I suspected, this ...

Mar 8 - Mar 11 Senne's Summary: We left Auckland and flew to Bangkok. We mostly wandered the streets, shopped and ate. Saving the touristy thing for when we come back at the end of our month in Thailand. When we left Auckland we were lucky enough that ...

... largest in the world at an impressive 46 metres. A highlight was a trip across town to Banyan Tree Hotel’s Moon Bar on the 59th floor. Bangkok spread out before us to the horizon and the silver Chao Phraya River meandered off to the ...

HI! Spontaneity is key for living in Bangkok. This great city has so many things going on all the time that just wondering down the streets can result in some amazing experiences. For example, on Saturday morning, Lauren and I woke up with no set agenda ...

... to see the sunset somewhere 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 ...

... bathroom was larger than the entire motor home) with an amazing view over the entire city as the State Tower is the tallest hotel in Bangkok. We slept well tonight in our massive king size bed!! Day 182- Tuesday 29th August 2006 - Bangkok Well we got ...

... of Chumphon at the slightly more civilised time of 4.30am. We then got a tuktuk back to the hotel and our bed. Everywhere we went in Bangkok, people were putting out sandbags in front of their shops, and some places were building breeze-block walls 1 ...

... 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 ...