Blogs from Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 25

Since I last wrote I've moved about a bit. Spent a couple more days in Penang before moving on to Singapore for a long weekend. Its always been a bit more pricey than the rest of Asia but seems even worse now. Not sure if its inflation or the fact that the pounds worth the same as the matabeli gumbo bead. Stopped in at the famous Raffles hotel long bar with the intention of having a Singapore sling but at an eye watering £19 a shot I had a beer instead. Spent a lot of my time walking round China town and Little India. Thought - Why is it always China town and little India and not little China and India town? Leaving Singapore I took the bus up to Malacca which should have been straight ... read more

Just a very quick one to wish you all a happy Christmas and a great new year. will update again in the next day or two but in brief ive left Malaysia and arrived in Bangkok a few hours ago and am about to head out on the town. Enjoy the festivities... read more

Land of Smiles – Thailand – December 2016 What a wonderful change of pace: my flight from Shanghai to Bangkok doesn’t depart until early afternoon so I can sleep late, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, pack my bag and still have enough time to relax in the executive lounge before returning to the airport. Again, via the Maglev high-speed train and this time, I get to enjoy the ride during daylight hours. This is probably my easiest travel day yet – just over 4 hours to the Thai capital and I’ll arrive around dinner time. The temperature had dropped drastically by the time my driver arrived to escort me back to the airport. It was close to the freezing mark with high winds, but I hadn’t brought a coat as most of this trip will be spent ... read more

Geo: 13.7308, 100.521We transferred planes in Tokyo, and after another seven-hour flight, we landed in Bangkok shortly before midnight on Thursday. We checked into the Royal Orchid Sheraton in Bangkok, which had a very large Christmas tree which made us happy since we did not want to miss the holiday. We had a beautiful room overlooking the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. We checked the view, the room and fell asleep. It was nearly 2:00am when we got into bed, so sleep came easily.... read more

After what seemed like an unusually long flight we made it to Bangkok and spent the first day doing practically nothing other than a dip in the hotel pool and sitting like zombies in a street bar!. After a second nights rest we were recovered and ready to go. We took a walk to the pier by the wide river that runs through the city of Bangkok. The river offers a brilliant way to get around, avoiding the traffic congested roads and it's quite scenic too. The public boat stops every few hundred metres or so, zig zaging across the river dropping people of. A fare to anywhere is just 14 baht. ( around 25p) We cruised past the Grand Palace without stopping off as we'd been there before and instead got of at Wat Arun ... read more