Live On Arrival: BANGKOK

I recommend the Bossotel (near the Oriental Hotel and across the river from the glamorous and very expensive Penninsula Hotel, www.bossotelinn.com) near to both a boat pier and a skytrain stop (Saphan Taksin). I also liked the Grand China Princess in .... Kaloang Home Kitchen, 2 Sriayudhaya Road, Dusit, riverside dining, homey is also in this area (take boat to Thewet pier) I have developed a yearning for tup tim krob, a dessert sold by pushcarts on the street at night. ...