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 Thailand travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Thailand.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| I Hooper |
12 July 2005 |
Stayed at Narai Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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For clothes shopping, Pratunam Markets. Electronic goods, go to the nearby Pantip Plaza. The best shopping mall for jewellery and a wide range of other goods is is Maboonkrong. The nearby Jim Thompson House is a traditional Thai teak house which is now a museum containing beautiful historic Thai artifacts. From the Narai hotel walk down to the Chaopraya River and take a ferry upstream from the end of Silom Road to Wat Pho and the Royal Palace.
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| E Leong |
11 July 2005 |
Stayed at Majestic Suites - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Five days in Bangkok is not enough! I prepared myself for a sightseeing tour of Bangkok, but ended shopping more than half the time. We spent 2 full days at the weekend market, which was a worthwhile experience. We also toured the temples which were really beautiful (though I must admit, there is only so much one can take in). Nightlife was pretty okay.
One thing that struck me was Bangkok is a city that doesn't sleep. At 2+ in the morning, there were still roadside stalls open selling food, clothing etc. Subway was 24 hours!
Travelling in Bangkok was a breeze with the BTS, taxis and tuk tuk. You can purchase a 15 trip BTS ticket for 300 baht which will allow you to travel to Siam, Silom, Sumkohvit areas and the weekend market (this covers pretty much where you will be travelling in Bangkok). For taxis, we felt that it was cheaper to take metered taxis.
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| A La rotta dickson |
11 July 2005 |
Stayed at Riverfront Residence - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bangkok was as crowded and disorganized as we were expecting it to be. It was fun anyway. We rented a boat at the Sheraton pier that took us to the canals and a snake farm. It was good value for the money. Otherwise we got around by walking and taking taxis and tuk tuks, but you need to be prepared to bargain every time.
We enjoyed the visit to the Jim Thompson house and also the weekend market. Chinatown was too crowded and difficult to navigate with kids but we found a nice chinese eatery with a delicious selection of dim sum.
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| Guest has requested to remain anonymous |
02 July 2005 |
Stayed at Trinity Silom Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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I took the SkyTrain to Chatuchak weekend market and spent the next 6 hours there. Even saw some cock-fighting at the livestock section. There are also some book stalls stocked with English magazines. Don't rush through the market. Take your time, drink water regularly and try the local food as well.
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| J Symons |
01 July 2005 |
Stayed at Asia Airport Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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I don't have advice about Bangkok but I would like to strongly recommend that people travel to the coastal regions in Thailand that were hit by the tsunami. Business is up and running again, and the area is as pretty as always, but unfortunately tourist numbers have dropped as much as 90% and those poor people are really suffering again financially. A great time to go is the low season because everything - hotels, tours, shops, beauty salons - has cheaper prices. In the beautiful beach town of Ao Nang, I would like to recommend having a one-hour Thai massage. I had an excellent one at Taak Thai Massage and Beauty Salon on 291 M. 2 Ao-Nang (opposite McDonalds). They offer a varied range of massages, hair treatments, waxing and manicures. Email tak54@hotmail.com.
If you are heading to Koh Phi Phi and would like to assist in the ongoing tsunami cleanup, volunteers meet at Carlito's Bar everynight at 7pm. More information on volunteering can be found at www.hiphiphi.com. But don't be put off visiting this island because there is still some rubble around - it is stunningly beautiful and the snorkelling and diving is great. One way to get to the Koh Phi Phi island group is to do the one-way snorkelling tour advertised by all travel agencies in the region, enjoy the snorkelling on the uninhabited island, then get off the boat at the inhabited one.
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| B Beamond |
30 June 2005 |
Stayed at View Talay Villas - Pattaya, Thailand.
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Jomtien Beach...A small part of Pattaya but away from the maddening crowds. Check out 'Kaffa" Restaurant next to KFC at the end of the beach!
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| D Andersson |
29 June 2005 |
Stayed at Pinnacle Hotel Lumpinee - Bangkok, Thailand.
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This was my 5th visit to Bangkok, and the place was as hot and friendly as usual. There are numerous inexpensive and good Thai restaurants near the Pinnacle Hotel. There are fewer tourists in the Rama IV area than at Silom or Sukhumvit, which means that prices are a bit lower there.
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| Guest has requested to remain anonymous |
23 June 2005 |
Stayed at Montien Riverside Hotel, The - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Be careful of very "friendly" people with strange ID cards that assure you that the museum you want to visit is closed and they offer to arrange for a tuk-tuk (3 wheel motorcycle) to get you somewhere else.
Taxis are very cheap but arrange paying by the meter before getting in.
I recommend the restaurants at the hotel (Montien Riverside), they are great.
Avoid visiting the so called "snake farms".
Do visit the National museum and the Temples.
When bargaining in the open markets, start at very low prices (e.g. if they start at 1000 Baht, you should start at 100 Baht).
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| Guest has requested to remain anonymous |
21 June 2005 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Metered taxis are now available in Chiang Mai, although sharing the red pickup trucks is still the most fun way to get around. Tuk-tuk drivers are an honest lot and will not try to take you to the nearest gemscam shop like their Bangkok brethren. Massage is half the Bangkok price. The travel agency across the road from WatPhraSingh provides excellent service, we are pleased with their small-group tours.
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| Guest has requested to remain anonymous |
17 June 2005 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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The best restaurant in Chiang Mai by a mile is "The House" restaurant at 199 Moonmuang Rd - fantastic "Asian Fusion" food, great wine-list, brilliant service, great surroundings and very reasonable prices. If you don't feel like a full-on restaurant experience then you can go to the wine and tapas bar at the other side of the restaurant which has comfy outdoor seating (or indoors) great ambience, and a lot of the same food the restaurant offers, but smaller "tapas" sized portions and much cheaper. And when you're finished you can browse in the stunning, quality art, craft, clothing and jewellery stores behind the restaurant. A great experience which I would thoroughly recommend!!!
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