After a very pleasant flight from Singapore, I arrived in Bangkok and was slightly disoriented. I’d forgotten that they’d opened the new airport here, and it took a minute for me to put two and two together. My initial reactions were that they’d really cleaned things up since I’d last been here – until I realised that I’d never been to the new airport before.

The good news is that the new airport is world-class. The bad news is that the new airport is miles from the centre of Bangkok, and it takes ages to get into the centre of the city. Compounding the problem is the fact that the airport is three years behind schedule, but the Skytrain link to the airport is five years behind schedule – so there’s no alternative to a taxi through the congested roads of Bangkok.

My hotel is conveniently located near the office. It’s also conveniently located in the middle of about a million strip clubs and not much else. Here’s the view from my window of the “local amenities”:

Something tells me you get more than a massage at this place…

At least this place doesn’t pull punches about what’s on offer inside!

I gather they’re not referring to their sandwiches when they advertise a ‘foot long’.

I get to see all the most glamorous places!

The view is at least a little nicer during the day…

A daytime view out my hotel window