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Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Thailand

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E Chua	22 May 2005
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
We visit Bangkok at least twice a year. The thai food, shopping and massage/spa never disappoint us. For good thai food with nice ambience, we recommend Baan Khanita & Blue Elephant. If you enjoy shopping at Chatuchak (exclude the sunny weather), be sure to visit Suan Lum Night Bazaar although the price can be higher than Chatuchak. But don't hesitate to bargain. Massage & spa are easily available everywhere in Bangkok, but we like Marble House (for thai massage) and Dulaya Spa especially. Travelling in Bangkok is breeze. You can reach most places by BTS and MRT. Otherwise, the racy tuk-tuk is fun for short distance.
S Kelly	19 May 2005
Stayed at Montien Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
This is what I did in Bangkok over three days, and had a fantastic time: Day 1: Take a ferry up the Chao Praya river to Wat Pho and the Grand Palace. Fantastic! You can catch a quick cab to the ferry pier from the hotel. Can do everything in half a day or more. Avoid tuk-tuk drivers - they're all scam sharks, and will try to take you to tourist shops where they get a commission!! Use only metered taxis. Day 2: Take the skytrain (near Montien hotel) to Jim Thompson's House and spend a couple of hours looking around his wonderful old thai home. Have lunch at Ly Lys (about 25 minute walk past Siam Centre). Then go to Lumphinee Stadium for evening Muay Thai session (thai kick boxing). Walk past night bazaar on way back to skytrain station afterwards. Excellent thai restaurants: De River Bar and The Good View (both on the river). Both heavily attended by thai locals. Day 3: Organised tour to ancient Siamese ruins at Ayutthaya. Catch an air-conditioned coach to the ancient city and a river barge back (with buffet lunch). Pleasant, informative day with spectacular entry into Bangkok by river in late afternoon. All of these can easily be done from the Montien hotel. Avoid taxis organised by the hotel's front door staff. They're VERY expensive. Simply walk 20 metres to the main road and hail a metered cab instead.
N Brockman	19 May 2005
Stayed at Mandarin Bangkok, The - Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok is, of course, one of the world's great destination cities. The new subway, along with the Skytrain, make getting around easy. My favourite restaurant remains Cabbages & Condoms, on Sukhumvit 12 - excellent Thai food with a quirky atmosphere.
G Roser	18 May 2005
Stayed at Le Tong Beach Hotel - Phuket, Thailand.
The best way to get around is to hire mopeds. We paid 200bht each for one days use. A great way of exploring the many beaches along the cost.
P Goodger	13 May 2005
Stayed at Swiss Lodge - Bangkok, Thailand.
Try the street food, so long as its served hot is probably O.K. and should be fine, I love the street food and the people. Patpong markets are just great, what an experience to walk around and watch and listen to these people try to coax you into buyiny there wares. The SkyTrain is great and cheap, use it with buses and mix in with the atmoshere of this wonderful city.
M Trujillo	10 May 2005
Stayed at Majestic Suites - Bangkok, Thailand.
My biggest recommendation is to not book tours from the airport. We were only in Bangkok for a day and wanted to see as much as possible. We booked a tour to make seeing things easier. However, we ended up only seeing one temple and maybe two other sites. The rest of the time was spent being taken to various shops (a jewelary shop, a tailor, etc). It was obvious that our tour guide was get commission on anything we bought. If this is what you want to do in Bangkok (i.e. shop) then it is perfect but if you actually want to see some of the city I suggest you explore on your own. I was very dissappointed.
P Campbell	08 May 2005
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
Our love affair with Thailand and its beautiful people goes back many decades. We had not been back for at least 15 years and were surprised by the amount of construction and the changes brought about by the Skytrain and the elevated roads. The trip to and from the airport was amazingly short! Bangkok is still good value and one can go broke saving money. We liked the facility of the Skytrain and on our first day there spent the best part of the morning familiarizing ourselves with the city by going from one end of the line to the other (on both lines). While still cheap by Australian standards, hotel limousines are really the most expensive way to travel. As an example, we needed to visit friends on the other side of the city and spent Baht500 (A$17) through the hotel while the metered taxi back was Baht75. Overall the food is good and inexpensive and it's easy to have some amazing meals if one is willing to explore a little (or is lucky enough to have friends living there). Bangkok is the sort of city where a westerner with a modest income from "home" can live well.
K Puls	05 May 2005
Stayed at Ambassador Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
When makýng long trýps by taxý, pay the extra tolls and use the hýghway rather than the streets. You'll save hours.
D Easton	26 April 2005
Stayed at Majestic Suites - Bangkok, Thailand.
Try chatchuchak weekend market. Bargains to be had but you MUST bargain hard. Half the price they ask for the item you like and then offer them 20% less. You can now get there by BTS (get off at Mo Chit) or the new underground.
C Fitch	22 April 2005
Stayed at Angkhang Nature Resort - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Walking to Royal Agricultural Station is easy. Gardens filled with food crops, fruit trees, nice displays of annual flowers, some open greenhouses with useful signs in English & Thai. Resort is 2-3 hours by road from CEI or CNX. Cost to get there by car from CNX or CEI about Baht 600 to 1000. Would be nice to see more offerings in PRINTED form, ie. bike rental fees, TIMES for horse rides etc.

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