speaking of the markets there, laz time i been to Suan Lum, Chatucak, n Pratunam.

surprisingly to me, the same items that u can get in Suan Lum n Chatucak, high chance is that u can actually get it cheaper in Pratunam. no joke.

i'm going to Bangkok n stay in Grand Millenium Sukhumvit there. any1 stay there b4 ? i wanna know how to get there from airport.

n I been to those popular places like Grand Palace, Wat Po, Temple of Dawn b4. so any1 know any new attractions there ?

w00t i'm online now in my room in Grand Millenium Sukhumvit. Seriously this hotel is great ! new n great services, the staffs are very very friendly n helpful. the location is good, juz minutes of walk from the Sukhumvit metro n Asok BTS. also its very very near of Soi Cowboy.




This post has been edited by Chrisky: May 13 2008, 03:13 PM

not sure coz i tumpang my gf as she went there for work, so its paid by her employer.

if not mistaken should b more than 4000 baht.

Chinatown - for me - is actually nothing much to see, but u can get some nice n cheap food there, like the shark fin n bird nest.

i dont know where is ur place, but for MRT u can take it to the Hua Lamphong station n walk a bit to there.

n there's no need to pay the 500baht anymore.

Thais generally are friendly people. they'll impress n happy if u can say some basic phrase to them.

if i remember correctly :
hello - sawadeekap
thank you - krap-khun-kap
how much - tao-lai
expensive - mai-piang

anyway most of them know those english 'keywords' like 'cheap', 'discount' so dont worry.

well real monks are not suppose to ask for money, n dont do almsround after sunset.

beware of some taxi that offer some sort of fixed rate to take u to several places. most probably u'll end up at some temples that no1 go n some jewelry shops.


last time i went it use different ticketing, like STAR n Putra LRT here. BTS use ticket while the subway use a chip coin.

usually its perfectly ok if u flag down a taxi by the street. juz that some of them understand very little english or not at all haha. i once told the driver to national museum, he took me to national stadium.

however when u at tourist areas such as the Grand Palace n Wat Poh, u might found some 'nice guys' who offered to give u helps on directions or info. dont get on any Taxi that these guys help u to flag down n say can get to somewhere cheap. even those officers in uniform at the Grand Palace entrance will trick u like this.

as for the train tickets, u'll need to exchange ur notes at the counters for coins, then buy the tickets using the machine urself.

This post has been edited by Chrisky: Dec 28 2008, 01:59 PM

btw juz a reminder, there no such things as 'Buddha Day' or whatever shit that places like Grand Palace n Wat Pho will be closed for half day or what. locals who told u so most likely are trying to con u.

dont woli that much, Thai people are generally very friendly n helpful, they usually wil try their best to help when u ask them something. i met wif a few that got very good sense of humor too.

those who do business usually know some basic english... well u can safely bet that they know words like 'how much', 'cheap', 'discount', 'good', etc. n yes, u can bargain everything in the markets there.

having say that, of coz its always good to know some basic thai, such as :

hello -> sawadikap
thank you -> krap kum kap
how much -> tao rai

* cant sure the totally correct pronunciation though.

greet n thanks the local in thai, n they'll impressed ! i once bought something from a lady, after i paid i thanked her in thai, she was like 'OMG WTF i'm impressed' n gave me another 100 baht discount.

This post has been edited by Chrisky: Dec 28 2008, 04:02 PM

of coz not everyone there is 'good guy', but i'm sure many who visited Bangkok b4 will agreed with me that Thais are generally friendly people. well by human nature, negative things are always being highlighted.

n there's really no need to overly worry abt the language issue, most of them can understand standard n simple english. the 1st time i was there i know no thai at all, n i did juz fine there.

as for the protest thing... well i hav no idea abt the recent 1. i used to went there when Taksin was ngam ngam being overthrown, n from what i see was everything went juz like normal there, no chaos at all. my GF went there alone for biz trip this past aug/sept, when there's protest going on against Samak, things were normal as well.

u can consider Samran Place. it cost me ard 800baht including breakfast for a room for 2 laz time. within 10min walk from a BTS station which i forgot the name. quite near to Pratunam area.


haha dont woli so much, n enjoy ur trip ! not sure abt the seasons though, but 1 of the hotel staff there once told me that generally May or June is rainy season.


yup, juz ignore them, especially if they speak perfectly fluent english !

more or less abt that haha. juz be caution coz tourists are always target to con, no matter where.

another possible con / scam that u can find is when u walk thru some park with lotsa pigeon (i mean A LOT), some people will purpose throw some corn or peanuts toward u, making the pigeons surround u. then he/she will come over n hand u a few packet of corns, n tell u some craps like buddha day lah, offering lah, bla bla bla... ignore them n give the packets back to them. DONT feed the pigeons else u'll be asked to pay some ridiculous price for the farking corns !

yeah man, PIGEONS ! it would be awesome if they actually trained them lol.

1 such place is the park in front of the national museum. there's a shit load of pigeons there. also i think somewhere around Grand Palace got similar area too.

if u wanna go Platinum make sure u go early. most of the shops there closed ard 8pm.

well i agree that the food of Cabbage n Condom is nothing fantastic, but its not that bad as well for me. u can go take a look if got time. its near the Sukhumvit BTS, n most probably u can see the signboard of it by the main road.

they got Condom-Man there !




also there is a restaurant named Yum Saap which is not bad IMO. if u wan to eat something not that expensive n scare of trying the street side hawker can consider this. there's 1 opposite of MBK by the main road.

mentioned this b4, a not bad hotel that worth considering.

Samran Place

laz time i stay there cost me ard 800 baht a room for 2. nothing fantastic but its clean n cheap. including breakfasts (which is not bad actually) too.

mango sticky rice.