| One of the most dynamic areas of Bangkok is | | | | lots of options for ticketing, you can get day |
| Suhkumvit road between Nana and Asoke. The | | | | passes that are good for 24 hours, or buy a card |
| international diversity of the area is so cool, you | | | | and load it up with as much as you like and keep |
| can jump from a Thai local commuter river boat, | | | | refilling it , and you can buy single use tickets for |
| into an Arab conclave with hookah restaurants, | | | | one way trips. |
| then into African area where you can make | | | | Taxis and motorbikes are cheap and everywhere |
| cheap international phone calls or buy your | | | | and there are several Bangkok bus lines that |
| favorite soccer shirt, and then have your choice | | | | move through this corridor as well for the |
| of walking into a Burger King, Hyatt or Starbucks | | | | adventurous. Eckamai station is also on Suhkumvit |
| in 3 blocks! | | | | that can get you to Pattaya and Cambodia |
| One of the reasons that this area continues to be | | | | overland by first class busses. |
| popular is its use as a base for seeing the rest of | | | | The architecture of the Bangkok hotels on |
| Bangkok and Thailand. From the Suhkumvit road | | | | Suhkumvit is awesome, my favorites include the |
| area it is very easy to find all sorts of different | | | | Ambassador which is actually two separate |
| options that you can move around the city, with | | | | buildings connected with a very cool shopping |
| the best option in many instances being the sky | | | | arcade, pool, aviary, fitness center and |
| train, which today will take you straight to the | | | | restaurants, The Landmark hotel with its |
| Bangkok international airport, with the new section | | | | distinctive hole and one of the best night views of |
| enjoying its soft opening now, or to the river and | | | | the city and the Amari with its pyramid shape |
| a commuter boat to Khao San rd. | | | | that sticks out in the forest of tall building that it |
| One of the main complaints people have about | | | | inhabits. |
| Bangkok is the traffic, which can be very | | | | The shopping on Suhkumvit is very diverse, if |
| frustrating, but the sky train and now the MRT | | | | you can't find it here you are not going to find it |
| you have two different fast commuter lines | | | | anywhere in Asia, for jewelry, the newest clothes |
| connecting this area. To move from Asoke | | | | fashions and electronics you will have hundreds of |
| station to Silom takes 15 minutes by sky train | | | | different option. Tourist stuff is readily available at |
| and less if you use the MRT subway, regardless | | | | the night market right on the streets where you |
| of the time of day. | | | | will find tee shirts, toys, laser lights and art work |
| Both the subway and the sky train are very easy | | | | in every media imaginable. |
| to use, everything that you need is in English and | | | | The best time to visit Bangkok is from Oct to |
| Thai, including the announcer for the stations on | | | | April. |
| the trains. Both the subway and sky train have | | | | |