I was supposed to give my report on my trip to Bangkok.. Which was last year.. wow.. close to a year now..

I was staying in Palazzo Hotel. Recommended by 1 of the forummer. Its was a nice hotel if you ask me. Near to MRT. 7-11 is just across the street. Lots of massage parlour along the road.. i think i went for a foot massage every night after shopping.. hahahaa.. cos the massage was inexpensive too.. Hotel food was great.. we ordered room service in a few ocassion.. not that expensive also..

Went to the normal places.. Chatuchak, Suan Lum Night Bazaar, Siam Paragon, MBK, Robinson, Grand Palace and etc.. oh.. my bf and i went there to spend new year.. so new year eve we went to WTC happily and bought ticket for their events.. its open-aired with lots of tables, u can order food and drinks.. with stage and all.. their beer tower was cheap!! really cheap!! my bf and i were happily eating and drinking away.. made some new friends with a bunch of Thai ppl next to our table.. suddenly.. they turned off the lights on the stage, made some announcement in Thai.. thankfully the Thai ppl next to our table translated to us.. apparently there was bomb scares in bangkok.. so there will not be any celebration.. Feeling disappointed, went back to hotel.. Hotel's tv full of news in Thai.. so we didn't bother it much.. we were just wondering.. its just bomb scare how come there's news all over.. struck midnight.. *pooop* our hotel had a blackout!!! but still managed to c some nice firework through our window.. electricity came back 5mins later.. whole night my bf and i been receiving sms from family n friends back home here, Malaysia asking if we were ok bla bla bla.. my bf and i got a bit curious and suspect something big must have happened till Malaysia got the news..

Checked on the internet CNN, oni to find out that there were actually bombings around Bkk area and not bomb scares which the Thai ppl translated to us and actually WTC got bombed after midnight.. *whew* luckily my bf and i went back to hotel and didn't wandered around.. hahaha... now come to think of it.. its very funny.. cos both of us bodoh-bodoh and didn't bother to know more abt what happened.. hehehe..

Anyway, Thank God we both are still alive.....

This post has been edited by aLaStIaR: Oct 18 2007, 05:58 PM

planning to go there next month too..
anyone care to share a rough idea of how much air tickets will be ar? return plus tax.. thanks alot

U can check for urself via Air Asia / MAS /Thai airways websites & compare the rate...But for sure u won't get it cheap this time of the year unless u hv book 6 mth earlier.

I booked an AA flight to BKK 2 weeks b4 departure in Jul'07 at it cost me RM600 (Inc of tax, fuel surcharge & handling)....If by MAS/Thai should be around RM900-RM1000. (All to & fro)....If u hav booked earlier let say during promotion..u might be getting ~RM250 to/fro to bkk by AA

all this thru and fro +tax right? if around 600-700 should be alright..
i think stilll got time since im only going next month..
thanks alot for info

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Added on November 11, 2007, 7:38 amone more thing, where would be a safe place to stay?
preferably near popular areas and such
thanks alot

This post has been edited by irving: Nov 11 2007, 07:38 AM

all the hotels/inn are safe place to stay, dont worry, even the budget hotel's security is good
stay in places that near their skytrain/mrt station is the best

or take a package in any travel agencies to save all the headache

hi all... can you guys recommend me a hotel in the heart of the city which will cost me around rm100 a night? i would prefer if it is near to public transport. thanks ya

hey guys..just booked my flight + hotel in regency park bangkok soi 22..
recommended?

OK-lah..the nearest Sky train is ~1KM from the hotel

hihi... my gf wants to go Bangkok for her bday... last minute... arghh...

where is good place to stay... budget RM100-200 p/night is ok... as long is nice & convenient to public transport or something!

planning to stay 4 days 3 nights yah...

pls recommend yah! thks thks!

then try this http://www.awgroup.com/
this hotel is new and just 5 min walk to train station, i never stay here, tell us how's the hotel after u visited

planning to go bangkok this CNY holiday, will go there for 3N4D
my budget only RM1000 kinda tight budget
is that enuf??

Thanks! cheapest room at 800baht sure looks like a steal...

so anyway, regardless the location in Bangkok, as long its near a train station, i'm fine?

This post has been edited by wlcling: Dec 13 2007, 03:02 PM

for a holiday ..cant wait..RM700-800 enough for 4 days ar? or should i bring more

on top of this, what are the nice places to visit?

Grand Palace, Floating Market? How about those ahqua show?

also thinking of the boat cruises.... any recommendation on what to enjoy in bkk?

hi guys,
really need your help on this..i'm planning to go for a vacation to bangkok on the may next year...i will be going with my other 5 cliq (so the group will be 6 pax)..i really wanted to stay in the centre of bangkok town..so can someone let me know which place is good for us (6 pax) to stay in a single room?

or, if i were to choose the service apartment (2 bedrooms), is it legal if we stay on it with all of us?

thks..

should visit those places like floating market & grand palace, but its very commercialize la, all need to pay, im not not wrong, to enter the grand palace, u need to pay 250 bath per person, for floating market the genuine 1 is in damoensaduak(something like that), distance is like around 1hour from the hotel area i recommeded and to get on the boat, u have to pay another 1500baht!

boat cruises im not sure, anyway, beside shopping and visiting their temple, and some thai massage, i think nothnig else to do there...

Just to add to what WK wong mentioned about the "real" floating there (~100km from BKK)...Yes it is correct that when u reach one of the many boat operators there..they will charged crazy prices up to 2000bath!! and those guys are like gangster! I decided to turn off and asked my taxi fellow to go bck Bangkok until that gangster decided to lower the price to 900bath Still very expensive but no choice oledi comes all the way from BKK.

Beware as I think the taxi fellow do get commision from those operators too. because u will be shocked if I tell u the taxi fare is only 800bath to & fro. The safest way to go there is buying some of the package tour which is about 800bath/pax (Also expensive )

thanks for the comments!

Grand palace most probably gonna head there.... still thinking twice about the floating market... i guess there's no point visiting the floating market if you don't get on the boat?

Actually the main highlight of BKK trip is actually the Floating market!! Dun miss this once in a lifetime experience ..really crowded wtl tourist & boat merchants...worth the money spent although pricy!! ..If u really good on bargaining go on urself (Taxi ~800bath, boat renting ~1000bath -2000bath) or else go for numeorus package tour of 800bath/pax......

Another must is to buy the 100bath/pax Chao Praya tourist pasport to hop from one jetty to another using the famous BKK water taxi...really an interesting experience...I enjoyed both the floating market & Chao Phraya river taxi experience more than shoppings & temple visisting..oh btw..do visit BKK Chinatown too but during the day (Chinatown closed after 5PM!!)...It's interesting to window shops at the never ending street peddlers from the main roads till every corners of the backlanes & sidelanes...total Chao..but

(BTW..this Danuek Saduak floating market is the only real surviving floating market. those in BKK city centre are oledi dead or only small boat peddler not worth visiting....The boat man also charging about 1000bath to goto to those small & dying floating market in the city..not worth it....This Danuek Saduek is real!)

This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 14 2007, 11:12 AM

Grand Palace is a must go although expensive 250bt still worth it.

One more place I recommend is Ayutthaya (Unesco site) around 85km from BKK. Day tour can be bought for 800bt/pax incl.guide, transport and lunch.

At night, should visit the BKK nightlife and see how the kwai lo, japs and korean having fun..funny..some like sam pa lo..LOL