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Shopping in Bangkok

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Special Bangkok to Tokyo fares



United Airlines has a special promotional fare from Bangkok to Tokyo-Narita of 9,500 Baht ($300) round trip valid for travel to Tokyo up to December 10, with return trips no later than December 16, 2007.

The airline says this special fare allows Thailand residents to visit Japan for Christmas and New Year shopping at an affordable price. United operates the service daily to Tokyo with departures from Bangkok at 6.40am arriving ...

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Danesha's Ganesha shop



While reading the Bangkok Post I learned about this gem of a store, and thought I should share it with my readers!

What started as a collection grew and grew, until Danesha Kittikanokkul turned his hobby into a business: a shop selling items all featuring images of the Indian god Ganesh. Ganesh is a popular elephant-headed god worshiped by Hindus, and is known as the remover of ...

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Jim Thompson's House



For a quick lesson in Thai history and culture, Jim Thompson's House is one of the must-sees of Bangkok.Jim Thompson was an American entrepreneur who recognized the quality and beauty of the local Thai silk industry, and built it into a flourishing international enterprise.  He grew quite famous in Thailand, and then mysteriously disappeared while on holiday in Malaysia in 1967.

Jim Thompson's House is  a beautifully-preserved example of ...

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

MBK - a shopper's paradise!



 

MBK shopping complex
Packed with shops, restaurants and entertainment, MBK Center is Thailand's largest shopping mall. It's full name is Mahboonkrong Center, but everyone just calls it MBK! MBK offers 8 floors of shopping fun. Floors 1-3 include clothing and shoe stores, salons, cosmetics, jewelry and accessories. The 4th floor is dedicated entirely to electronics - computers, Mp3 ...