Blogs from Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 725

had a pretty crazy week in bangkok, first few days were a bit boring, but theres plenty to do and as soon as I hooked up with some other single travellers its been awsome. getting rather drunk nearly every night, dancing on the podium, breaking up fights, fending off the transvestite prostitutes, pretending to be swedish all night, breaking the heart of my gay hotel receptionist, sleeping all day, falling over in the toilets, having emotional breakdowns over the death of john lennon, finding new cocktails, shopping like crazy, watching the sun come up over the river, learning to dance thai style with the girls from the veggie restaraunt, improving my thai, being searched for drugs by the police (did he really have to feel my crotch?), eating pad thai, drinking mohitos, and generally trying to ... read more

Well here it is Ladies & Gents, sorry it took me so long! It’s been quite busy this past week. While I still have not seen any of the Bangkok sites, I did travel a few hours out to visit the bridge over the river Kwai, yes like the movie title. The bridge was built by POW during WWII, as part of a long railroad from Burma, now called Myanmar, and Siam, today’s Thailand. While the bridge is mostly known for its strategic importance during the war, in Thailand it is mostly remembered for the thousands of young men who died at the hands of the Japanese and of various diseases…not exactly a happy story, but I thought I might share it while I still have your attention =) Incidentally, the bridge is very small, not ... read more

Hello!!!!! We arrived Saturday afternoon after an easy journey to head to Sukumvit where we had prebooked a couple of nights in a nice hotel (Well, nice in comparison to what we would later encounter!). Also interesting was the amount of pick up joints in the surrounding area. There seemed to be a particularly popular one right next door infact, which had a steady flow of Ferang (Thai pet name for foreigners) coming in and out with a little something on their arm. The following day Martin decided to get his hair cut, which also involved a full body massage and I had a foot massage which was amazing. I left there feeling like a new woman, as I also had the full body treatment. All that for a meer 10 pound- wouldnt get that in ... read more

Hello from Bangkok! As promised to many of you, I am going to try to keep some sort of travel log while traveling in Thailand and Cambodia =) While this one might be a little longer, I intend the following ones to be shorter … although one never knows with me, especially if I end up writing like I speak…which you all know is a lot =) Well, the flight was 23 hours of flying time and, well, many more of travel time - I actually still don’t know what day of the week it is since Bangkok is 12 or 11 hours ahead and I have lost track of how many hours of layover there have been between DC, LA, and Tokyo….while approaching Japan we flew over the “international date line” - which I had ... read more

Returning to Banglamphu from my all night vigil, I stop by Hualamphong train station to buy my ticket to Northern Thailand (Chiang Mai)... The goverment tourist employees spot you immediately as you enter the station and are quite helpful with times and details but subsequently lead you to a travel agent rather than directly to the ticket counter...."Come in, sir", he called out in a commanding tone - as I excused myself and sat down at a bench outside the a coffee shop next to the Travel agent..."Later... I need to plan now"...He tried a few times but I just sat ignoring him and then when made my way to book my tickets.... The train station is near china town so I took this opportunity to see Wat Traimit (or the "Temple of the Golden Buddha) ... read more