On our second stay in Bangkok, we decided to stay in a different part of town. We stay in a lovely hotel which was within walking distance to the backpacker ghetto on Khao San Road (which is just a dodgy, sleazy boozy street full of pissed foreigners being knobheads, it's pretty pathetic really).
The only redeeming thing was that the hotel was also close to the beautiful Wat Prad Kaew and the Grand Palace. The whole complex is just amazing and the temples, monuments and shrines are intricately decorated. Just a word of warning if you do go there though, is make sure your dressed for the occasion. If you turn up with a singlet (sleeveless t-shirts seemed ok, but not singlets), or shorts/skirt you'll need to hire some hideous clothing, which you will sweat like a pig in...
We also visited the HUGE Chatuchak Weekend Market. This is one of the largest markets in the world, and it really is overwhelming and disorientating. You can literally buy anything and everything here, from a kitten, to dinner plates, to scary monster face masks. I think we were quite possibly the only people who went to the market that day who didn't buy anything...
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