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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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Bangkok city guide,
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Krabi city guide,
Pattaya city guide,
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| R Brown |
19 August 2004 |
Stayed at Absolute Seapearl Beach Hotel, Phuket - Phuket, Thailand.
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There are lots of beautiful beaches on the western side of Phuket which are a good alternative to Patong. One of these Laem Singh beach is only a short distance from Patong but seems a world away. Also took a half day tour which included Phang Nga Bay about 100 kms north of Phuket. Beautiful marine park well worth a visit and not a strain on enjoying a relaxing vacation.
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| J Rubin |
17 August 2004 |
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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The Asia Hotel Bangkok restaurants are very expensive by Thai standards. Mahbukrong (MBK) shopping plaza is only about 500 metres away. Go to the 6th floor food centre. Buy coupons which you then exchange for food at the various counters (they have one counter for vegetarians). Left over coupons can be changed for cash. The food's much better and cheaper than the hotel's.
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| M Grunert |
16 August 2004 |
Stayed at President Solitaire - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Thailand was absolutely fantastic. I was there for 1 week, and had originally planned to go further south from Bangkok for most of the trip. There was, however, so much to do in Bangkok alone, that I ended up spending most of my time there. It is very much worth taking a tour trip to Ayuthaya (the ruin city) for at least one of the days you are there. This can be booked from most hotels and for about 3000 baht you get a guided tour bus, 3-4 locations (including the royal summer palace) and a beautiful cruise back to Bangkok afterwards. This also includes pickup and dropoff from and to your hotel. EXCELLENT value for money.
Also be sure to visit the numerous markets in Bangkok, they are worth the time, and offer great shopping opportunities. Do NOT however, under any circumstance, go to the floating market IN Bangkok. It is complete rubbish, and you will be severly ripped off paying 2000 baht to get in a boat to see a "market" which consist of LITERALLY 4 small 1-man boats (I counted them!!). There is a MUCH better floating market about 1 hour north of Bangkok, which is much much better, and well worth visiting. Another big attraction in Bangkok is the Royal palace and temple (fantastic!) and the temple "Wat Po", home of the famous Thai massage school. This is also very much worth the visit, with fantastic architecture and a good location too; it is also worth having a massage here. Absolutely wonderful.
In summary, Thailand (and Bangkok itself) make a wonderful holiday destination, but be prepared. Ensure that you do your research because there is a never-ending stream of people who will try to rip you off at every turn. As long as you know what you want, and how much you think it will cost you will be fine. Oh yes, to top it all off, you need a nice hotel to retreat to, from the madness of Bangkok. Have these things, and life is beautiful!
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| R Huerta |
15 August 2004 |
Stayed at Pavilion Queen's Bay Krabi - Krabi, Thailand.
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Be careful with the Canoeing or Kayak adventures because if you go during low tide you will walk through a lot of rubbish with your kayak in your sholders. Nice beaches are not very close to Ao Nang. Railay Beach East is no good, west very nice. If travelling in a group try to rent a speedboat for the day for around 9,000 TBH.
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| M Mohamad |
14 August 2004 |
Stayed at Bangtao Beach Chalet - Phuket, Thailand.
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BangTao Beach Chalet restaurant offers authentic Thai food, one of the best places to eat in Phuket.
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| P Pearce |
14 August 2004 |
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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The skytrain connects directly to the hotel and gets you easily to many fine spots in the city including Chatuchak, fine dining, and to the river for a boat ride to Wat Pho for a massage or to the Grand Palace for a tour.
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| A Gregory |
14 August 2004 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Antiques House and Dalaabaa Restaurants were well worth the visit both have great food and friendly service. An afternoon trip to the factory outlets is pointless, all items can be got from the Night Bazaar. A great little walk along the other side of the river (near Gallery Restaurant) has some quaint little shops in beautiful teak wood buildings.
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| J Galbraith |
12 August 2004 |
Stayed at Muang Kulaypan Hotel - Samui, Thailand.
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The Amari Palm Reef has a wonderful new Italian restaurant called Prego which is stylish and has great food. The Coco Blues Cafe down the road has good food and excellent jazz/blues music. We also ate at the Tamarind Restaurant in the Impiana Resort and had a lovely dinner there.
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| W Tseng |
11 August 2004 |
Stayed at Andaman Sunset Resort - Wanna's Place - Krabi, Thailand.
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There's a cart vendor set up around 50 metres from the hotel who sell papaya salad and various skewers. His papaya salad is the best in the whole area and at 25baht the biggest bargain!! Just remember one chilli is already really hot!!
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| S Heinrich |
10 August 2004 |
Stayed at Thara Patong Beach Resort, Phuket - Phuket, Thailand.
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There are a lot of things to do in Patong. You can do tours to James Bond Island, Phi Phi Island and also dive or fishing trips. Most trips have the bad disadvantage that you spend a lot of time at a cashew nut factory and a gems store where you are forced to buy overpriced, low quality stuff. We had a day tour to James Bond Island just 30 min at the island, but 90 min at the shops! You should avoid Sealand Tours, but most others are not much better.
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