Balloon Adventure Thailand dropped us back off at the Chiang Mai Gate Hotel with a by 1:30 p.m. mandatory check out. Darn. We had hoped for a later checkout since the night train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok wouldn’t leave until 5:55 p.m. but the hotel was fully booked. New Year’s Eve. A walk over [...]
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How To Take The Night Train From Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Thailand
November 20th, 2010 
Sheila Simkin 
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Bangkok’s Street of Shame and Sex in Chiang Mai, Thailand
October 31st, 2010 Sheila Simkin During this last visit to Thailand, I read a huge article in the Bangkok Post about what they refer to as Bangkok’s “Street of Shame.” The lower end of Sukhumvit Road turns from shopping and entertainment to one of the world’s biggest open-air flesh markets after 2:00 a.m. If you are wandering the streets of [...]
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The Bangkok Floating Market, Thailand
October 1st, 2010 Sheila Simkin It’s at least a 1-1/2 to 2 hour ride outside of Bangkok to the floating market. In the dim recesses of my mind, I remember visiting a market or canals in Bangkok but 30 years has seen a lot of progress and most of the canals have been turned into roads. There are still some [...]
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Explore More of Bangkok and See The Siam Niramit Extravaganza
September 29th, 2010 Sheila Simkin A representative from Viengtravel came to the hotel at 10:00 a.m. and, you’re not going to believe this, we paid him for the entire tour. That’s right. We have never in all the years of traveling used a tour operator that trusted us to pay when we arrived instead of up front. We did have [...]
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The Chatuchak Weekend Market is A Must-See in Bangkok, Thailand
September 28th, 2010 Sheila Simkin This is the honest taxi/tuk tuk situation in Bangkok. When a person walks outside a hotel, the taxi and tuk tuk drivers will do their utmost to take you for whatever they can. They quote a fare. You counter and/or insist on a meter. They let you walk hoping that the next tourist who walks [...]
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The Navalai River Resort Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand
September 27th, 2010 Sheila Simkin After a short five-hour jet lagged sleep, it was up to welcome Bangkok for at least the 12th time at the Navalai River Resort right on the Chao Phraya River…View image. A shock to awaken, go for breakfast and discover that the Navalai is actually “right on the river.” Perhaps I’m too jaded with hotels [...]
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Hot, Chaotic and Always Exciting Bangkok, Thailand
September 26th, 2010 Sheila Simkin There are times that even addicted traveler, me, wonders what the heck I’m doing. Actual air time from Chicago-Seattle was four hours (don’t even ask why we flew via Seattle instead of direct to Tokyo). Another 10 hours in the air from Seattle to Tokyo…View image. Seven more air hours from Tokyo to Bangkok, and [...]
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Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
December 17th, 2008 Sheila Simkin When transiting in or out of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, sometimes it doesn’t pay to go into Bangkok proper. Our United flights back to Chicago via Tokyo usually leave at the ungodly hour of 6:30 am and since check-in is two hours before that, we’d have to get up at 3:30 am to taxi back out [...]
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What Would Bangkok, Thailand Be Without Its “Wats”
December 16th, 2008 Sheila Simkin What is a “Wat”? A Buddhist Temple in Thailand. There are over 300,000 Wats and aren’t only a place of worship but an important part of the community in small villages. Beside “Wats”, there are Bots, Wihan, Chedis, Prang and Mondops. A short definition of each: Bot – is the most sacred structure in a [...]
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Checking Out Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand
December 15th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Khao San Road was a short five block walk from the Best Western Swana Hotel. We did look into booking a hotel in this area but not all the hotels are online. Decided to investigate a few hotel/guesthouses for the next time. Khao San is the place to stay if you are on a serious [...]
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