Tag: Bangkok

The Long Way Home (In JAL First Class)

ByTravelling Minion November 26, 2023 2 Comments
After leaving Bahrain I begin my long journey home. Instead of a more direct routing, I will be doing a series of flights over the course of three days to get home. This means an overnight flight from Bahrain to Bangkok. Spending the day in Bangkok. Then another overnight flight to Tokyo. Spending the morning in Tokyo, then flying to Los Angeles and then north to Vancouver. Why you may ask? Well...

Minion Monies: How much did my 2019 Trip to Thailand and Malaysia Asia Cost?

ByTravelling Minion July 10, 2022 0 Comments
The following will be an accounting of my 2019 trip to Thailand & Malyasia. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($1232.28) The Flights ($1134.77) The main flight to get me over the ocean took the form of a Cathay Airways flight from...

Wrapping up SE Asia

ByTravelling Minion April 26, 2021 1 Comment
With this throwback of my whirlwind trip through Thailand and Malaysia complete. I'll try to wrap up this trip unique one given its short duration and number of legs to travel. If you've spent the time to read through the whole trip, I appreciate it! If not and you want to you can find the whole trip here. Here we go! Top 3 Highlights Highlight #1: Monkey Beach Even though, I didn't spend as much...

Reflecting on Thailand – Gimpy

ByTravelling Minion April 21, 2021 1 Comment
Similar to other trips, I ask my travel companions if they're willing to share their thoughts about their trip. Happily Gimpy is willing to share her thoughts about her trip to South East Asia. What makes this reflection unique is I only joined her and Cactoose on the tail end of it. By the time I arrived, they already had a month of travel under their belt. So there will be some reflections that...

Last day in Thailand

ByTravelling Minion April 4, 2021 2 Comments
Today is our last day in Thailand. The three of us will be leaving Thailand to different destinations in the evening. After checking out of our hotel, we first make our way to Siam Discovery since there is a baggage storage location there. From there we pop back over to Siam Paragon's food court. Since there is a variety of food options, we pick up whatever jumps out at us. For me, I get a pork...

Raan Jay Fai and the Grand Palace in Bangkok

ByTravelling Minion April 1, 2021 2 Comments
Today there are two items on our list of things to do in Bangkok. The first is to eat at a Raan Jay Fai and to visit the Grand Palace. Raan Jay Fai Raan Jay Fai is a famous Bangkok street side restaurant. It's one of only a few "street side" type restaurants that have been awarded a Michelin star. So we are excited to give it a try. One of the nuances though, is it's incredibly busy. They do not...