Colonial Bangkok

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An August 2008 trip to Bangkok by SeenThat

McCafe Photo - Mc Donalds - McCafe, Bangkok, Thailand

Quote: Strange as it may seem, Bangkok features many buildings and institutions from the Colonial Era(s).

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Author's Lounge (The)

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Restaurant | "High Tea for Duke SeenThat"

Authors' Lounge Photo - Author's Lounge (The), Bangkok, Thailand

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"Where is the Authors' Lounge?" I asked a doorman dressed in traditional Thai clothes.He didn't answer, but signaled somebody to approach. Without speaking to him, she asked me:"Did you come for the afternoon tea?" Tense about my judgment, the Tourism Authority of Thailand had obviously briefed the staff about my planned visit. "Please follow me," she added without waiting for my answer. We crossed the sumptuous lobby leftwards and entered the lounge.The OrientalConsistently considered among the world's best hotels, the Oriental includes a not less famous spot: the Author's Lounge. Its name honors the large list of authors who visited it: Joseph C...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on August 30, 2008

Author's Lounge (The)
Mandarin Oriental - 48 Oriental Avenue
Bangkok 10500
+66 (2) 659 9000

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Mc Donald's - McCafe

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Restaurant | "McCafe Amarin Plaza"

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"It's like selling ice in Greenland," I have heard people say while trying to define a hard sale. Selling a McDonald's meal in Thailand doesn't sound better: it contains too much meat for the Thai taste, the bread is not a local food staple and French fries were not known here.McCafe is even a tougher sale: it is located within McDonald's branches and thus customers can buy the cheaper instant coffee sold there; the better quality offered by McCafe is of little weight for most customers. Yet, these shops are part of every shopping center in ...Read More

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on September 2, 2008

Mc Donald's - McCafe
Amarin Plaza
Bangkok
+66 (2) 256-9010

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Ananta Samakorn Throne Hall

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Attraction | "Sovereign Royal Bangkok: Two Thrones and a Palace"

Bangkok's Protests Photo - Ananta Samakorn Throne Hall, Bangkok, Thailand

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The Grand Palace is probably the most popular attraction in Bangkok, few places manage to transfer its visitors to another, magical world as it does; spires and stupas densely rise above the wall surrounding the complex in an impossible kaleidoscope of colors and shapes act as an irresistible magnet for visitors. Yet, few realize this is just a ceremonial center. Royal Bangkok is north of there, beyond Khaosan Road and at the end of the Ratchadamnoen Nok Road.A WarningAs of September 2008, the northern end of Ratchadamnoen Nok Road is where most of the popular pro...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on September 3, 2008

Ananta Samakorn Throne Hall
Dusit Palace - Rajavithi Road, Dusit
Bangkok

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Chinatown

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Attraction | "Yaowarat Road: Bangkok's Chinatown"

Wat Trimit Photo - Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand

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In the BeginningYaowarat Road was built between 1892 and 1900 by King Rama V. Stretching from Ong Ang canal to Wat Traimit Witthayaram it provided Bangkok with additional 1532m of streets. Few imagined what this short stretch would become.In the NameYaowarat means in Thai "Young King." While naming it, King Rama V referred to the fact he ascended to the throne at the age of fifteen. When he became later the responsible for keeping Thailand...Read More

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Chinatown
Yaowarat Road
Bangkok, Thailand 10110
+66 02 694 1222 (Tou

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Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn

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Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn Photo - Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn, Bangkok, Thailand

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Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn is a monastery in Bangkok that was built before the foundation of the city in 1782; its original name was Wat Klang Na (Temple in the Paddy Field). Following Bangkok's foundation, the viceroy during the reign of the King Rama I (the first of the modern Chakri Dynasty and in Bangkok) granted the monastery to the Mon people, which were the original owners, and gave it a new name Tong Pu. The last is a town in Myanmar - where most of the Mon people live - and was the name of Mon temples in Ayutthaya and Lopburi.Soon afterwards, between 1785 and 1787, t...Read More