On the ground floor there is a busy food court with a diverse choice of dining establishments. Burger King and Subway sit alongside cafés serving Thai style rice dishes and noodle soups. Desserts in the form of pastries, cakes and staples such as boua loy round off the food court’s offerings. Heading up the escalator to the next floor, outlets of world famous retailers including Patek Philippe, Cartier and Jimmy Choo will tempt those not on a tight budget.

Car showrooms in Siam Paragon boast the latest models of high-end manufacturers including Lamborghini, Lotus and Aston Martin. Continuing upwards there are small stores selling mobile phones and accessories, electrical gadgets and home furnishings. The upper levels of Siam Paragon are home to a California Wow! fitness centre, the 38 lanes at the Blu-O Rythm Bowling Alley and the Paragon Cineplex’s 14 screens.

This predominantly adult scene is situated in Sukhumvit soi 4 and it is Bangkok’s central sleaziest because of its neon clad themed go-go bars, where just about everything can be found from school girl’s of fantasy to leather dominatrix to lady-boys. Unlike Patpong or Soi Cowboy, Nana is more adult scene which means no families, no markets, just a few curious tourists strolling in for a look which is worth it, if you are looking for an exotic experience.

Nana plaza is exclusively comprised of Bars and some of them a 20 year age as a minimum of entry, it mainly comprises of 40 go-go bars, larger beer bars and smaller beer bars in the ground floor square. As you can imagine, it is very male oriented although the odd curious female tourists can always be seen.

Soi Nana is well worth a visit even if the adult entertainment it offers, isn’t for you as the soi it’s self is varied with many hotels and restaurants with some ubiquitous bars and they vary from cheap guest houses to the five star hotels.

This leafy street is somewhat bucolic heavy tourist- Khoasan road because there a lot of thins to do in this street which is less crowded. If you are looking for a place to have dinner, there are so many places to eat, from slightly expensive restaurants like the Sawadee inn and the English Restaurant that offers English fish and chips to the small side- street restaurants that offer Thai food from as little 25 Baht.

This soi has a few bars that you can drink from at reasonable prices if you want to be away from the heavy tourist- Khoasan road. They are so many bars that open 24 hours where you can seat and have a beer while you plan what to do next, bars and restaurants like PoPiang, Gecko Bar, Infiniti Bar and Restaurant offer that benefit and the food is so delicious. There are also so many cocktail bars along the street which you can seat and have a break, these are many along the soi and offer very cheap drinks as this is one of the cheapest areas around Banglumpu.

Again if you have just arrived in Bangkok around Khoasan area and looking for a cheap place to stay, instead of going into Khoasan itself, just come to soi Rambuttri because it offers the cheapest accommodation in the area. This is the only soi where you are going to find accommodation from as little as 150 Baht per night. For example, try the mini-house, am sure you will find it cheap though they are also a few good hotels, if you just want to stay away from the Khoasan road noise, like the Rambuttri inn which offers a full 4 star hotel service with a swimming pool at the top of the building.

And also, if you want to shop for the Thai souvenirs, this is the best place to be because they are so many local Thai shops with the basic items that tourists and visitors like to buy and at very reasonable prices. You can also plan your holiday from here to the rest of Thailand because of the many tourist agents which offer the best prices than anywhere in Bangkok.

-       The Boat house Thai cooking school with a Gourmet executive chef Tummanoon Punchun teaching the basics of Thai cooking on weekend workshops from 10.00am to 2.00pm in a one or two day course at 182 Koktanode road, Kata, 83100. Tel: + 66(0) 7633  0015

-       Pum Thai Restaurant and cooking school has two locations in Patong, Phi Phi Island and two in France lay testimony to the popularity of learning to cook Thai food. In Phuket you can find them at  204/32, Rajuthit 200 Pi Road, Patong 83150, Tel: +66(0) 7634 6261

-       Blue Elephant Governor Mansion Phuket Cooking School, offers course of culinary of different satisfaction which are more than a century old and elegant at 93 1/3 Krabi road, Phuket City, 83000 Tel: +66(0) 7635 4355-7

-       There is also the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket which offers three afternoons a week Thai cooking classes where you learn the intricacies of the ingredients in Thai cuisine at 390 Srisootorn Road, Cherngtalay, 83110. Tel: +66(0) 7632 4324

The Londoner Brew Pub is an English-style microbrewery serving excellent pub-brewed beers that are refreshing change from the usual range that is available in Thailand and the style is that of a big city pub with enough seating which includes quiet booths, a bar, a dinning area and the usual bar stools to accommodate a bigger crowd.

The food ranges from spicy Thai Menu to more traditional western pub fare, including some the best burgers, Kebabs and a Yorkshire pudding; don’t forget a stage with live bands and big screens covering sporting events.

Some of the specials that the Londoner offers include the Wacky Wednesday and it is a weekly event that has become on of the wildest party night in Bangkok, with all drinks 2- for 1 all night, so if you like to drink, dance or looking for a partner, friend, this is the place for you while in Bangkok, Thailand.

You can never be bored in this place because if you have been away from home for a long time, you can drop in for lunch and get the read the news papers from United Kingdom and also remember, if you are planning a party in Bangkok, the Londoner pub, is the best venue in holding special parties. So don’t miss out while you in Thailand.

While you are at dream world, visit the fantasy land, this is where you will find you will find the once upon fairy tales come to life as you will see the Cinderella’s Pumpkin Carriage, The sleeping beauty’s Castle, the Dwarf’s Cottages or the pond where the frog turns into a prince.

Don’t forget to visit the Dream World Garden where you will be thrilled by the sight of the world’s renowned architectural wonders such as the great wall of China, Taj Mahal or the leaning tower of Pisa and you can also take a cable car climbing all way to the lake of Paradise.

Also visit the Dream World Plaza so that you can have a good look around the variety of colorful European- style houses lined next to each other along both sides of the street.

Getting to Dream World Thailand from Bangkok is better if you are in a group so that you share a taxi to get there which will cost between 200-250 baht and it is better to arrive there not more than 10.00am so that you will get to see all the rides and also have sometime to eat as they are so many food stores. But if you are alone, you should contact your hotel or guesthouse and see if they arrange a group tour with people from other hotels.

To enjoy most of the rides, it should cost you between 1000-2000Baht depending on how much dun you want to have. So don’t miss Dream World Thailand, as it is one of the highlights of your stay in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 1902, the foreign community who had settled on the river further east of Chinatown petitioned the king for a larger road and Yaowarat road was built as a result.

If it is your first time to come to Bangkok, despite the many things to do, make time to visit Chinatown for it is packed with street-side restaurants, market stalls, and Chinese medicine stores and is probably the concentration of gold shops in the city. It is an experience not to miss. This historic area is as old as Bangkok itself and it’s growth spawned by waves of Chinese immigrants who left the communist China and settled here to do what they do best which is trade.

Today, Bangkok’s Chinatown is a popular tourist attraction and a food haven for new generation gourmands who flock here after sunset to explore the vibrant street-side cuisine. At day time, it’s no less busy, as hordes of shoppers descend upon this 1-km strip and adjacent Charoenkrung Road to get a day’s worth of staple, trade gold, or pays a visit to one of the Chinese temples.

Chinatown never runs out of sights to see, and the energy that oozes from its endless rows of wooden shop-houses is plain contagious – it will keep you wanting to come back for more. Plan your visit during major festivals, like Chinese New Year and the annual vegetarian festival in October, and you will see Bangkok Chinatown at its best.

Bangkok, Thailand is a destination with so many things to see and so many activities to and there is Bangkok Snake farm, Queen Saovabha memorial institute which is popular attractions for both tourists and scientists as you can see very venomous snakes actually doing good for the community. The Bangkok snake farm is located near Chulalongkorn Hospital on the corner of Henri Dunant and Rama IV roads.

The snake farm contains an interesting collection of poisonous snakes which are milked for their venom from which anti-snake bite serum is produced. Thailand is a habitat for many varieties of venomous and harmless species and under the auspices of Thailand Red Cross society, the snake farm was established and officially opened on November 22, 1923 to extract venom, to study and develop anti-venom serum to treat snake bite victims.

The poisonous snakes that indigenous to Thailand are cobra, King cobra, banded krait, Russell’s viper, some pit vipers and sea snakes. These venomous snakes are provided by Thai farmers who are also snake catchers by profession and they in return are paid according to species and size.

Visitors can see the extraction of venom at scheduled times and will be educated on how to breed a snake and holding areas, if they ever come face to face with the venomous snakes close at hand. Getting there is by BTS sky train to Saladaeng station, subway to Samyan station. It is open Monday to Friday, from 8.30am -4.30 pm, Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays, it opens from 8.30am -12.00pm and extraction times are, Monday to Friday, 11.00am and 2.30pm and weekends and public holidays, 11.00am. Admission fee is 70.00Baht.

The Ancient city takes up 320 acres of land, roughly in the shape of Thailand with huge park reproductions of important buildings around Thailand on a small scale. There are over 100 monuments collected or reproduced and some of them are reconstruction of buildings that are no longer in existence and other buildings are examples of traditional vernacular architecture that were scheduled and instead where bought by the ancient city which dismantled and reconstructed them in the park. The panorama above left was taken from a small scale reproduction of Khao Pra Viharn, a mountain-top temple on the Cambodian Border.

If you are on a very short visit to Thailand, then this is the best place you should visit in Bangkok as many of the buildings represent religious and royal sites from around Thailand as well as from the past. The throne hall at the right is a reproduction of the old city of Ayutthaya destroyed 200 years ago as it was sacked by the Burmese and inside, there are some exquisite examples of Thai wall paintings which will help imagine the first European ambassadors handing their credentials up to king Narai enthroned on the elevated reception area.

There are so many examples of typical Thai houses from the past like the gate with a nice view at the left in a typical central Thai house consisting of several individual single-room buildings around the elevated platform.

This place is worth a visit and very easy to rich from Bangkok, you can go there by yourself if you ask for directions from your hotel or guesthouse, or alternatively find out more information from the many tour operators in Bangkok. That is not necessary as all the Bangkok taxi drivers, know where it is.

The bottom floor is the newest addition and is where the airport link arrives and departs. You can also find a few convenience stores, cafes and money exchange desks here. One floor up is where the airport bus departs and arrives. There is also a fantastic little food court which many foreigners do not know about. This is a great place to grab something to eat before a flight. The prices are much cheaper than the restaurants in the airport, and the food quality is actually very good. The kay yang is particularly delicious, evidenced by the long line of customers in front of tis counter each day! Just outside the food court you’ll find a variety of transport and tour providers including the service desk for the bus to Pattaya.

Keep heading up one floor and you’ll come across the arrivals floor. The tourist police also have an office on this floor at the meeting point of arrivals. The second floor is full of restaurants and facilities for travellers including money changing facilities,  restaurants and a news agency.

Finally, the top floor is the imposing departures hall which is full of life 24 hours a day. This airport really is huge! To orientate yourself, just check on the of the departures board which will tell you where your airline’s check-in counters are located. Immigration and security for passengers is located right behind the check-in counters, so it’s all pretty easy from there. Just remember, immigration lines at Suvarnabhumi can be long, and your gate may be quite a walk, so this is one airport to arrive early to make sure you’re on time.