Hi all,  Thanks for the info on Bangkok last time. I just come back last Monday (27/10/2008).There is no protest or whatsoever.  I stayed in the White Orchid Hotel ,Chinatown ,Bangkok. The name of the road is Yaowaraj(pronounce as Yaowalat). Theres a BTS station in the Chinatown area called Wahlumpong(about 20 minutes from my hotel)  Theres food galore in Chinatown and many shopping inside Chinatown. I think it would take more than 1 days to fully explore Chinatown alone. Theres about I think dozens of shop selling birdnest and hundreds of eateries by the evening. Nearby the Chinatown area, theres like rows of shop selling handphone accessories (maybe more than 2 dozen of shops) and a Bluetooth only cost about 350 Baht. Theres even about more than 2 dozen of shops selling counterfeit DVD, VCD and CD. Massage is 200 Baht for one hour session.  I ate a bowl birdnest only for 100 Baht. The taxi from Yaowaraj to Chatuchak is only for 150 Baht and the return journey cost the same at 150Baht. It depend actually whether the taxi is on meter or not, if its on meter it would ussually cost only about 110 Baht but sometime they would negotiate first before sending the client. The BTS cost about 39 Baht per person from Chatuchak to Wahlumpong but at the Wahlumpong station you have to take another tuk tuk to Yaowaraj road for about 40 Baht. It cost almost the same.  The taxi from Yaowaraj to MBK cost only 70Baht and the return journey cost the same at 70 Baht.  In the Chinatown market especially the morning market, the Shiitake mushroom was selling very cheap. If I remember it correctly, its going as cheap as 180Baht per kg. Theres also a lot of fish maw, dried longan and pistachio. You have to be good in bargaining in order to buy those thing.