Over the weekend I went to Bangkok with the glorious Barbarians (INSEAD Rugby Team.)
Here are some impressions Bangkok made:
- Dirt cheap! A nice guest-house/hotel clean bed, clean shower etc $10/night (per person, double occupancy)
- Dirty (dirtier than Singapore but not as much as other developing countries)
- Every "white" (not local) person has a back-pack.
- The high-ways are really high (elevated.) Very impressive infrastructure of highways built on top of the regular roads.
- Everything is open to price negotiation
- All the major bars close at 1am, but a number of late-night places are always available.
- Almost all of the monk's have a cell phone or a digital camera. Whatever happened to saying "No" to material possessions...
ciao
emre
1 comments:
I can't deny that you have very good idea. By the way, from my experience of Bangkok trip. I think that looking for accommodation around Sukhumvit are is the good idea because Sukhunvit is in the heart of the shopping district, both in terms of large department stores and the various stalls lining both sides of the road. The various side-streets provide a proliferation of nightlife venues. For the renowned and well-known spots, you will need to walk onwards past the Asok crossroads to Sukhumvit Soi 21 or Soi Cowboy. This area also offers a wide selection of cuisine to choose from, both in terms of air-conditioned high-end restaurants and open air restaurants offering quite reasonable prices.
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