Advantages: Can be cheap, convenient, mildly interesting. Disadvantages: Maybe a bit boring.
...cheated with the title. The World Trade Center (sic - sorry I made a British typo when I asked Melanie to add this one) isn't wild but it is wide, and long, and ... quite high too.
At the top of Ploenchit Road, it's just out of the Sukhumvit area and is very easy to get to. The Sky Train is the easiest way, or you could get a bus, or even walk. If you're on drugs or it's your first time out of western Europe, you might consider taking a tuk-tuk. ... ...Once you've got there, the first feeling is of being overwhelmed with the vastness of this shopping mall. However, when you scratch below the surface, I suspect that you'll find much less of interest here than your initial expectation.
There are two excellent department stores here: Zen at one end and Isetan (spelling?) at the other. Both are pretty much like department stores in the UK, except that they often have much more attractive prices. It ...
stravaig 13.02.2001
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Advantages: Has everything Disadvantages: Easy to miss some of the best shops.
Do they have a map or can you rent a GPS Navigation system for this place – I thought. The place is huge. Really has anything and everything. I must have spent around 4 hours wondering around, eating and drinking. Mainly just window-shopping and dreaming of winning the lottery. The things you could buy here!
There are some really nice restaurants, bars and cafés dotted around the place serving all tastes. Just think of any type of meal, coffee ... ...the top brands are to be found along with the more mainstream brands.
If you’re after computer stuff though, it’s not the place to go. You are much better off going to the Pantip Plaza.
Like everything in Bangkok, which is impossible to find. I would recommend getting there by TUK-TUK (not for the feint hearted). ...
Scott 03.02.2001
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