Help with two nights in Bangkok
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Help with two nights in Bangkok
My husband and I have been travelling in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos for the last 6 weeks and are now in Thailand for only two weeks. We will be in Bangkok for two nights/ 2 full days and would like to hear ideas of highlights there. We are thinking a 1 day cooking class and perhaps a visit to Chinatown and the big shopping center.we are rather temples out. Especially if anyone has done a great cooking class here, we would love to hear about it.
Any advice?
Thanks
Any advice?
Thanks
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I loved Chinatown - great food, even more hustle and bustle than the rest of the city (if that's possible), cheapest foot massages in BKK, some smart bars with a 20s Shanghai vibe, and lots of great photo ops.
Also consider the klongs (canals) for a quieter contrast.
I have a TR for BKK if you click on my ID.
Also consider the klongs (canals) for a quieter contrast.
I have a TR for BKK if you click on my ID.
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Blue Elephant Cooking School is one of the oldest in the city and runs half and one day courses. I would also check with your own hotel as many can offer cooking classes, either formal or informal, which can be just as good.
A couple of hours on a private long tail boat around the klongs of Thonburi, on the southern banks of the Chayo Praya river provides and insight into another side of Bangkok life
Chinatown is both manic and wonderful. Maybe visit the flower market there, sample som dim sum or roast duck. For a great and original souvenir, seek out the "Monks Bowl Village”
i never niss a visit to Bangkok without a few massages at Wat P.O. massage school, in a side street next to the Wat.
Riding the public river boat from Saphin Taksin to the end of the line is a great way to see the city sight in the relative cool of the river.
A couple of hours on a private long tail boat around the klongs of Thonburi, on the southern banks of the Chayo Praya river provides and insight into another side of Bangkok life
Chinatown is both manic and wonderful. Maybe visit the flower market there, sample som dim sum or roast duck. For a great and original souvenir, seek out the "Monks Bowl Village”
i never niss a visit to Bangkok without a few massages at Wat P.O. massage school, in a side street next to the Wat.
Riding the public river boat from Saphin Taksin to the end of the line is a great way to see the city sight in the relative cool of the river.
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Thanks so much RM 67 and Crellston for your advice. This sounds perfect for us.
Crellston - you have helped us a lot of on latest travels. Do you work for / with Fodors?
cheers,
Tanya
Crellston - you have helped us a lot of on latest travels. Do you work for / with Fodors?
cheers,
Tanya
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You are very welcome Tany. Happy I could help.
No, I don’t work for or with Fodors - although I am open to offers should the editors read this . We just travel a lot. I forgot to add that klong tours by long tail boat can be picked up from Satorn Pier or virtually any of the main piers along the river.
No, I don’t work for or with Fodors - although I am open to offers should the editors read this . We just travel a lot. I forgot to add that klong tours by long tail boat can be picked up from Satorn Pier or virtually any of the main piers along the river.
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Crellston,
We took your advice and did a private long tail boat tour of the longs and loved it. So pleased you suggested it as we had not thought of t before. We also visited Chinatown on Chinese New Years which was chaotic, colorful and fun.
Thanks again,
Tanya
We took your advice and did a private long tail boat tour of the longs and loved it. So pleased you suggested it as we had not thought of t before. We also visited Chinatown on Chinese New Years which was chaotic, colorful and fun.
Thanks again,
Tanya
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My husband and I have been travelling in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos for the last 6 weeks and are now in Thailand for only two weeks. We will be in Bangkok for two nights/ 2 full days and would like to hear ideas of highlights there. We are thinking a 1 day cooking class and perhaps a visit to Chinatown and the big shopping center.we are rather temples out. Especially if anyone has done a great cooking class here, we would love to hear about it.
Any advice?
Thanks
Any advice?
Thanks
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I am trying to remember. I stayed at the Shangri La and I recall my first visit I had the driver drop me off and I walked home afterwards. The seamstress was in a very nice, small, boutique kind of mall and her shop came highly recommended to me by someone on Fodors who dresses very well. I think the Fodorite was Guenmai but now I can't recall for sure.
If you do a search on my name and Bangkok it may come up. I will poke around and see if I can remember it.
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That was easy, I was right, my name and Bangkok - search terms. My report was near the top.
It is called Cotton House.
And here is a link about it
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...e-Bangkok.html
It is called Cotton House.
And here is a link about it
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...e-Bangkok.html
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Flygirl: Yep, the recommendation was Cotton House and it was from me. I have been having clothing made there for well over a decade and had pieces done on this last trip. I always take in my own fabric although they sell fabric there. But, my fabric is very different from what they carry.
I also had a great outfit (top/skirt) made for the 12-year-old daughter of one of my best friends. I went with the child's measurements and fabric and worked with the design of the outfit and oversaw the process. It came out great and fit perfectly and the child was thrilled when she received it in the mail.
The owner of Cotton House e-mailed me, about a month or so ago, and said to e-mail her before I get back to Bangkok as she is thinking of moving her shop. I have no idea as to where she is thinking of moving it, but I really hope it's in an area with easy access to a sky train station. But, one reason she has stayed where she is currently located is that she mentioned that it's close to the fabric suppliers.
Happy Travels!
I also had a great outfit (top/skirt) made for the 12-year-old daughter of one of my best friends. I went with the child's measurements and fabric and worked with the design of the outfit and oversaw the process. It came out great and fit perfectly and the child was thrilled when she received it in the mail.
The owner of Cotton House e-mailed me, about a month or so ago, and said to e-mail her before I get back to Bangkok as she is thinking of moving her shop. I have no idea as to where she is thinking of moving it, but I really hope it's in an area with easy access to a sky train station. But, one reason she has stayed where she is currently located is that she mentioned that it's close to the fabric suppliers.
Happy Travels!
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