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Stop-sale on Thailand tours

By Dave McMahon | Published: 17 May 2010

With the Foreign & Commonwealth Office now advising against all but essential travel to the whole of Thailand, UK tour operators are taking heed - but some holidaymakers aren't.
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Bangkok: Shopping

By Kay McMahon | Published: 6 April 2010

There’s a fantastic amount of choice in Bangkok for the shopper. At the top end there are the shopping malls like Siam Paragon, Emporium and Gaysorn Plaza, full of the most exclusive brand names. Then you’ve got dozens of department stores along the main business drags, such as Silom and Sukhumvit. If you fancy a more “authentic” Thai shopping experience there’s the weekend market at Chatuchak and the floating market. Last of all, but certainly not least, you won’t be

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Bangkok Basics

By Kay McMahon | Published: 6 April 2010

Bangkok is deservedly a popular destination these days. I find that I’m often asked for advice from those who plan to go for the first time. They want to know if they’ll need to take baht (the Thai currency), if they’ll need to book an hotel before they go, and various other such questions. This page is intended to help those who have never been there before to learn a little of the ropes and to get them through day

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A nice little bonus

By Kay McMahon | Published: 21 November 2008

A couple of months ago we decided to treat ourselves with a stay at one of Bangkok’s poshest hotels, the Lebua at State Tower. (We reviewed it at the time – you can read our review here.)

Having booked through the Agoda hotel booking and review website, we received an email a few days afterwards inviting us to write a review of the place for 2,500 reward points (worth $5 off a future booking). Dave wrote a brief summary of the

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lebua at State Tower

By Kay and Dave McMahon | Published: 17 September 2008

State Tower 1055 Silom Road Bangrak Bangkok 10500 (BTS: Saphan Taksin)

After years of staying in the Sukhumvit Road area whenever we visited Bangkok, for a change we decided we’d try somewhere near the Chao Phraya river. Not the backpackers’ haven of Khao San Road, though – this was going to be a treat, not an ordeal.

The problem was that, although there are plenty of waterfront hotels, they’re not always very accessible from the key transport networks – the BTS (Skytrain) and the metro. The

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