PRINCESS PATHUMWAN HOTEL IS THE BEST AND MOST CONVENIENT HOTEL TO CALL HOME IN BANGKOK. IT IS IDEALLY LOCATED NEXT TO MBK SHOPPING CENTRE AND IS IN FACT ATTACHED TO IT AS IT PART OF THE STRUCTURE! FROM MY ROOM, I TAKE THE LIFT TO EITHER 2 OR GROUND FLOOR AND WALK RIGHT INTO MBK (MAH BUNG KRUNG) SHOPPING MALL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND BEST AS IT CATERS TO LOCALS AS WELL AS TOURISTS WHO COME LUGGING SUITCASES TO FILL! MBK DOES NOT HAVE LOUIS VUITTON OR INTERNATIONAL LABELS LIKE HERMES OR CHANEL BUT IT HAS PLENTY OF LOCAL LABELS AT GREAT PRICES! START ON THE 6 FLOOR AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN! THE HIGHER THE FLOOR THE CHEAPER THE RENT AND PRICES! FROM MBK WALK ACROSS THE OVERHEAD BRIDGE TO SIAM DISCOVERY CENTRE. THIS TAKES 5 TO 10 MINUTES DEPENDING ON YOUR PHOTO TAKING! SIAM DISCOVERY CENTRE IS MORE UPMARKET AND TRENDY AS REFLECTED IN HIGHER PRICES THAN MBK BUT AT LEAST YOU CANNOT BARGAIN SO IT SOLVES SOME PROBLEMS! JUST PAY AND GO! WALK NEXT DOOR TO SIAM CENTRE FILLED WITH YOUNG AND ESTABLISHED DESIGNERS. SIAM CENTRE IS NOT CHEAP AS IT REPRESENTS THE BEST OF THAI DESIGNERS AND MY FAVORITE IS SO EXPENSIVE AT RM 2,000 TO RM 4,000 PER JACKET IT HAS SADLY CLOSED. BUT MOST ARE A FEW HUNDRED TO A THOUSAND RINGGIT. ANOTHER MUST VISIT BOUTIQUE IS THEATRE WHICH HAS EXACTLY MY KIND OF CLOTHES BUT COME WITH FRIGHTFUL PRICES! BUT THEY USUALLY HAVE A RACK OF DISCOUNTED CLOTHES SO GO THERE. SIAM CENTRE IS OSTENSIBLY FOR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS BUT THEY SHOULD ADD THE WORD 'RICH'. RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS PARAGON, BANGKOK'S FIRST MAGNIFICENT WORLD CLASS SHOPPING MALL AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO RICH ! PARAGON IS FILLED WITH ALL THE INTERNATIONAL BRANDS YOU CAN IMAGINE! FROM CARTIER TO LOUIS VUITTON TO CHANEL TO EVERYTHING PRICEY AND CLASSY!

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PHOTOS BY CANON POWERSHOT SX 720 HS

THESE UNUSUAL, FUNKY AND OFF BEAT OBJECTS ARE ON THE 6 FLOOR OF MBK MALL!

NOT YOUR USUAL SOUVENIR OF KEY CHAINS AND FRIDGE MAGNETS! 

EROTIC AND EXOTIC 

TOO MANY THINGS TO SEE

CANNOT BRING ONBOARD PLANES! 

RITZY

FUN BAGS

BUT DIFFERENT

FINE 26 IS A WELL KNOWN GALLERY 

PRICES QUITE REASONABLE SUMORE!

CUTEST

WISE

BUY YOUR OWN TROPHIES AND SHOW OFF!

THIS IS YEAR OF PIG! 

MBK

MY KIND OF PANTS 

MIGHT AS WELL

MBK

CORRIDORS OF MBK OUTSIDE 

YA I WAS THERE THAT TIME LOR

WALING TOWARDS SIAM DISCOVERY CENTRE WHICH IS NEXT TO SIAM CENTRE

SIAM DISCOVERY IS OPPOSITE MBK

MBK

INBETWEEN DISCOVERY CENTRE AND SIAM CENTRE

HAPPY YEAR OF PIG 

FLY NOW BOUTIQUE 

WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

ZEBRA BAG PRICE RM 1500

CHANING ROOM IN FLY NOW 

CLOTHES FOR YOUNG AND RICH!

WORLD FAMOUS PARAGON MALL WHICH IS NEXT TO SIAM CENTRE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE LOVES ALL THE BIG BRANDS IN PARAGON

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN FRONT OF PARAGON MALL

SIAM PARAGON 

THIS IS SIAM SQUARE OPPOSITE ACROSS THE ROAD BY OVERHEAD BRIDGE! 

ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM PATHUMWAN PRINCESS HOTEL! AMAZING LOCATION

SAME HERE

GLORIA MANTZ, HER GLAMSLAM MOTHER PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND GENERAL MANAGER OF PRINCESS PATHUMWAN HOTEL STEFAN HEINTZE 

HAPPY NEW YEAR  OF THE BIG FAT PIG TO ONE AND ALL!