Siam City

My dad got a job again in Thailand

... out the rooftop bar namely Banyan tree as well as the Khao San Road. On Friday we had a fun day at Siam City, which offers both - a waterpark and a amusement park with roller coasters. It actually has the word's biggest wave pool. However, I ...

... hoo change is good, as sad as it was to leave oz, the excitement of travel in thailand is good for the soul, along with siam city shopping centre, too many great things to buy in thailand. we stayed at the admiral premier again as we had a good time ...

... have everything under control and don't need to go on their mini bus (ciaran had got every detail about crossing the border to siam reap from www.talesofaisa.com) then the wee children 6/8 yr old girls with wee babies on thier back with their arm slung ...

... and transportation is a necessity really. We first went to Angkor Thom, a big, pyramid shaped temple which was the centre of the city when it was the capital of the Angkor empire. Its one of the most famous sights, with its huge carved faces facing in ...

... in. A 10 hour train journey south of Hue took us to Hoi An, which turned out to be the "eating capital" of Vietnam. The city has a Unesco protected old quarter and and amazing beach like Colva in Goa. Sadly, it was out of season and the weather was ...

... we do not know, so many buildings, each is like a Mavoch. Long walls, covered with engraved morphologic stories. ---Angkor tom: a rich city of kings around 1200 AC. We went to the Bophon-temple, which looks as a huge  mountain, but is on ...

... get you. All jokes aside crossing the road with Jesse put me on so much edge that all pleasure about being in a foreign city totally evaporated. At least in Bangkok there are foot bridge overpasses, in Saigon there is just mayhem. On our first day ...

... Mihn City) is the most populated city with over 8 millon, and is the ped capital of the world with over 2 millon crazies loose on the city. our guide assures us that a man needs a bike to work, and to get girls, good bike = good looking girl, bad bike = ...

... US plus hotel bookings. The young woman looked welcoming and spoke English so I asked her for the best way to downtown and aside from taking City bus 152 and getting off at the market, I c hose to take a taxi to a hotel. She recommended a couple away from ...

Nearby was a massive shopping mall Siam City so I went in to kill time before my flight and get out of the midday heat. It was a usual shopping mall with attractions built in. There was madame taussads, a skating rink, aquarium, and discovery centre. ...

... much of Sunday left we decided to leave this until next weekend. Monday morning had us setting out on a long walk to Siam city, shopping capital of Bangkok, for some serious window shopping.  Fighting off the Tuk Tuk drives hell bent on taking ...

... Tuk-Tuks everywhere, cheapest form of transport but hold on tight, it can get a bit crazy at times. Spend some time visiting the more upmarket Siam City Square, Imax cinema is worht the visit as well as a visit through the multi story shopping centre. ...

... Ayala Mall for lunch, but were a little early and many places were still closed.  Finally, we settled on a Thai restaurant, Siam. The staff was friendly, and the decor was nice.  I really wanted to like the restaurant, but instead had issues ...

... . Once through the border the bus service and roads improved dramatically. Back in Bangkok we spent a further 2 days exploring the city markets and wandering the streets, spending our time between the backpacker overrun area of Khoa San Road and the ...

... the banks ... we were finally scooted out of the village because our moto drivers said the police were coming ... heh. Tomorrow we leave at 6am on a boat to batombong ... another Cambodian city. That's it for this blog entry.... Chill out ...

... I said, its a pretty interesting place.  Tomorrow morning we head out to the capital city, Phnom Penh. View our pictures of Siam Reap at: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/andyvda/album/576460762398574842 Our  pictures of Angkor are at: ...

... them, apart from Alisha about 7 years earlier probably! After 2 nights in Bangkok we departed early for a 12 hour overland journey to Siam Reap, Cambodia. It consisted of a taxi, 6 hour bus trip, tuk tuk ride to border, then a taxi from the border ...

... faces that jut from every wall. But it was not the Bayon that really impressed me, but the nearby Angkor Thom - an ancient city, although all that remains are the exterior walls and temples inside (use of stone to build homes was forbidden). And yet it ...

Aah Siam Reap!! Finally up river for about 6 hours from Phom Penh to Siam Reap-I had visions of dreamily cruising through the jungle slowly!!-wrong-I should have taken the advice of the guesthouse manager who told me it was going to be a waste of time ...