Thailand
A great value for a stay in Bangkok. Nice location near Lumphini Park (สวนลุมพินี), centralwOrld, and the SkyTrain (though it’s a fairly long ride to the river where the temples and primary tourist attractions are). The hotel doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it’s very nice and comfortable on the inside.
Thailand
The largest market in Thailand, the Chatuchak market is a seemingly endless maze of temporary stalls and more permanent shops that sell almost anything you could possibly imagine. There are all the typical Thailand souvenirs you’ll see throughout the country, but there are also flowers, dishes, clothes, books, watches, luggage, and even exotic animals.
Thailand
Much smaller than either Wat Pho or the Grand Palace, Wat Arun is nonetheless one of Bangkok’s most iconic sights. It’s the only wat in Bangkok that tourists are allowed to climb.
Thailand
Wat Pho is a large temple complex with numerous religious buildings, hundreds of Buddhas, and a massage school. Be sure to see the reclining Buddha and to get a reasonably priced massage.
Thailand
Bangkok’s most popular site houses several temples and religious buildings as well as the palace and a few government buildings. Every structure on the palace grounds is ornately decorated and stunningly beautiful. The religious buildings on the raised terrace to your left as you enter were particularly beautiful.
Thailand
A gigantic shopping mall. The mall lives up to its reputation for enormity; it’s a maze of stores on several floors that would take days to explore fully. It’s also hugely expensive; prices were about what we’d expect to pay in major cities in the United States.
Thailand
Bangkok’s Central Park, Lumphini Park is quite beautiful, full of green space with a lazy stream flowing through it and the occasional monitor lizard crossing the road that runs in a broad, sweeping loop around the park.
