Bangkok Reviews

Bangkok is quite a fun capital city with some good shopping and some decent sights. The main attractions are the huge golden Reclining Buddha and the Royal Palace with it's hundreds of little wats, it's a real testament to the Thai nations love of there King. Khao San road is worth a look with it's cheap pad thai vendors (30p ...  Read the complete review

I wasn't particularly looking forward to visiting Bangkok as it was towards the end of our round the world trip and I was expecting it to be hard work. In truth, Bangkok is a very exciting, friendly and cheap place to visit. If you like shopping, then there are lots of street stalls and markets. The famous Khao San Road has got to ...  Read the complete review

Bangkok is a complete mayhem of a city and the hustle and bustle of the place is just mad. You will never find another place quite like it. Everywhere you go there are taxis and tuk tuks speeding past you, market stalls along the streets, people trying to lure you into shops and bars, and hot food steaming from food carts in the roads. The ...  Read the complete review

For a city that we spent less than 24 hours in, there's certainly a lot to say. We arrived in Bangkok en-route to London, and made it through immigration and customs with no dramas. It took roughly an hour to get to the hotel and after checking in and phoning home we hit the streets. There were a few markets setting up on the main road ...  Read the complete review

My low rating of Bangkok is because of my own traumatic experiences there, being shot at and being forced to leave the city for my own safety. Bangkok is a large city of over eight million inhabitants with a fascinating history, which retains much of its beautiful architecture, making it one of the most important destinations on any ...  Read the complete review

I went on a tour to Thailand last summer and spent a few days in Bangkok. When going to Thailand it is definitely worth a visit but only a few days are needed. It is a very busy city but there are places of interest. Koh San Road is a must for any shopping lovers. With hundreds of stalls selling everything from sunglasses to t-shirts at really ...  Read the complete review

It had been six years since I last set foot on a plane and left the shores of this once fine country. Back in 2000, I lived in Manhattan, NYC for a brief while and after comprehending the heat and noise of the city, I grew to love it. This time I went further and tagged along with a family member to Bangkok in Thailand. It certainly ...  Read the complete review

Summary This is a travelogue that will give information about the trip that my wife, Nikki, and I had to Thailand in the periode from 11th of September until the 28th of September 2002. On our trip we first spent a few days in Bangkok before we flew down to Ao Nang beach outside Krabi. Then we flew back to Bangkok and took the bus to Hua Hin ...  Read the complete review

Hidden away down a side street or Soi there is a hidden gem of a one of the best private collections of Asian art and artifacts in Thailand. Welcome to the Jim Thompson House Museum. James HW Thompson is the man who is generally recognized as the man who saved the then dwindling Thai silk industry and created the Jim Thompson Silk Company ...  Read the complete review

Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand, and is probably most famous for its imprisonment of Westerners bringing drugs into the country, ladyboys and prostitution. Bangkok is also a beautiful city, where thankfully, my friend and I only witnessed one of the above! Although we loved it immediately, a lot of people hate the city when they ...  Read the complete review

It may be dirty, smelly and noisy and maybe the roads are a little busy, but there is no other place on earth quite like Bangkok. It has a vibrancy that is seldom seen elsewhere. We have been there four times now but we will still return. The city is developing at a phenomenal rate but there is still a lot to experience. Forget about its ...  Read the complete review

*****Updated***** My boyfriend & I visited Bangkok for 3 days before moving onto Bali & then Hong Kong (in October this year). Out of the 3 destinations Bangkok was by far our favourite, Bangkok was so much fun. We arrived on the first night at about 9pm. What I seemed to notice first was the amount of stray dogs! We went past ...  Read the complete review

February 16th, 2001. Shivering on a freezing platform in the bowels of Stockholm’s Arlanda airport awaiting the train for Orebro, I fell into conversation with a Swede who was reluctantly heading back to his home town in the far north of Sweden after spending nine months in Thailand. Dreading the prospect of returning to temperatures of ...  Read the complete review

King Bhumibol, wearing dark glasses, seemed to be staring in my direction, as he slowly walked past. The soldiers with their walkie talkies also seemed to be staring at me. I was the only person not bowing. I was thinking of what had happened to the king's older brother, Ananda. (In 1946 Ananda was found shot in his bedroom in the ...  Read the complete review

Bangkok seems to be the most visited place for travellers in the world - you will never see such a concentrated amount of backpackers in one place and it makes you realise how many there are out there. Having said that it is not just the backpacker that goes to Bangkok...you can sit outside a cafe/bar/restaurant on Khao San Road and within ...  Read the complete review

Bangkok is a traffic crazy city, and apparently the traffic has greatly reduced since the asia economic crash! On the other hand it is a wonderful city for sight seeing, and the Grand Palace in particular is simply amazing. Kao San Road, as shown in the film 'The Beach', is definetly the place to stay for backpackers, ...  Read the complete review

Bankok is not an ideal holiday destination. A few days at most will allow you enough time to veiw the delights this city has to offer. Arrival at the airport tired leaves you prey to the taxi & tourist touts that abound. I thought we had avoided the tour guide touts with many polite no-thankyou's, how wrong I was. On being quite ...  Read the complete review

Arguably, my trips abroad working are much better than taking holidays in the same countries. You see, I am fortunate in that my job as a Consultant can take me to various parts of the world, usually for several trips of 2-4 weeks each. As I say, these trips are better than holidays for a number of reasons. For example: my ...  Read the complete review

This June my new Husband and I went on the holiday of our lives - 14 nights in the wonderful country of Thailand. We had booked on a honeymoon package to spend 3 nights in the dramatic city of Bangkok followed by 10 nights in the relaxing haven of koh Sumai. The latter was absolutely gorgeous with wonderful beaches, good food and fantastic ...  Read the complete review

I have visited Bangkok several times, it is a wonderful place, lovely people and very easy to get by. The red light bars were quite an experience but not threatening, the women seemed to be well respected, even if they were dancing on the bar half-naked ! The markets were great loads of good products not all fakes, Timberland actually ...  Read the complete review