Meridien Bangkok

Newly opened in 2008, the Le Meridien Bangkok has been recently named in Travel and Leisure's Top 500 Hotels in the World for 2010. A modern, chic hotel in the heart of Bangkok. Refreshing by design, luxurious comfortable and complimented perfectly ...

... be a light one by my traveling standards with not a ton of planned activities.  The hotel of choice again was the Le Meridien for a few good reasons, it''s consistently rated in the top 5 in Bangkok, centrally located and most importantly it was free ...

... with a population of about 10 million and looks like your typical big city full of sky scrapers and pollution. Our hotel, another Le Meridien, is right in the Red Light district, so we are just blocks away from the seedy girly show area. We walked around ...

... in the store. Thanks to Tripadvisor I was able to avoid some of the more common scams to travels to the big city of Bangkok.  We encounter on 2 separate occasions very helpful "tourist police", and there are such things and showed us their badges but ...

... picked the toppings, they mixed and ta da, a gourmet ice cream treat. The malls were insanely crowded, apparently the whole population of Bangkok goes to their malls on rainy days. I did find a pair of pink and silver sparkly shoes for Kaeleigh for only ...

... our 430am wake up call to get to airport for our 840am flight.  It turns out that there really is no traffic at 530am in Bangkok and we arrived in only 30 min to sit at the airport for the next 2 hrs waiting for our final domestic flight to Phuket ...

... Siam Paragon Mall catching up on American movies and eating everything in sight at the mega amazing food court.  It was late getting into Phuket. We took an airport shuttle to the Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort and almost promptly fell into a ...

... amp;hers’ stand in showers with monsoon / rainforest effect – awesome! The bathroom products were the regular Le Meridien fare which was a disappointment, after reading so much about the Hermes products they once stocked in the suites. Must be ...

... , sufficent to see the Golden Buddha, Phraya river, some Siam malls and even the famous Patpong's night market. We arrived to Bangkok about mid day, after a comfortable flight which lasted about 9 hours from Cairo. I was slept until an hour before landing ...

Always interested in learning history and culture so decided to check out a stage show in Bangkok called Siam Niramit, which was a performance that tied (no pun intended) Thailand's rich heritage with Thai art. If you want a little peak at what we saw ...

... We ended up settling for some back room watch purchases that are pretty nice but we will see how long they really last.  Bangkok was then getting hammered by pouring rain and us being tired lead us back to the hotel to get ready for our dinner ...

Had a busy few days in Bangkok.  Got in two days ago and met up with Eric and Jen at there hotel.  Was great to see them.  Dropped off the bags and we went exploring.  Knocked off a few of the big sites right away, includ ing the ...

... of pork burgers at McDonald's. Very tasty! Many nights are spent buying food at the sidewalk food vendors. The same literally clog Bangkok sidewalks with their assorted specialties. 2 entrées and a side of rice can be purchased for $1.50. The V Man ...

... go out and explore the Bangkok nightlife. For those that have never been before or have but never ventured out in the evenings, Bangkok is its own animal. Anything and everything you have heard about this city is probably true. One of the tails told to ...

... his graduation from Princeton University. A must for any backpacker heading to Laos. Pick it up used on Ko San Road in Bangkok. Other books recently ocularly digested include: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Into the Wild, by John ...

... . Maybe, who knows? First we have to set up the baths all over again! Back to reality next week! Saturday we leave for Bangkok and a last shop at the Saturday night vintage market and Sunday Chatuchuk Market. A few more massages then off to Hong Kong for ...

... liquor.  Life is good. I checked into my hotel, the Meridien.  If you noticed my prior face book postings, the Meridien hotel is completely off the hook.  Its the best ever, 10x better than the Sheraton Cairo.  Nice bathroom, ...