A travel guide
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Preparation
Whether you're travelling to the islands or the mountains of Thailand, you're likely to spend at least one night in its capital city on the way. Bangkok might be noisy and polluted but it's also an exciting city with plenty of things to see and do. Why not make it a longer stay?
Where to stay
The Khao San Road was a famous traveller spot even before Leonardo di Caprio's character in the film The Beach stayed there. But it's noisy, not very pretty and not very Thai. For something more authentic, Phra Kanong offers an alternative place to stay, with its fantastic street markets where everyday Bangkok people eat, work and live. It's not as convenient for the main tourist sites, but it has a Skytrain station so you can be at the Grand Palace in 20 minutes.
How to get around
Bangkok's traffic can be a nightmare. Sure, you can easily take a taxi – if you want to spend hours stuck in traffic jams – but there are two much better ways to get around the city. To explore the temples and historical sites, catch an express boat river taxi or a longtail boat along the Chao Phraya river and the canals. For the modern part of the city, the Skytrain is a fast, cheap way to travel from the river to the shopping malls and nightlife of Sukhumvit, and the famous Chatuchak street market.
Where to eat
The simple answer is: everywhere! Thai street food is among the best in the world, and for around $5 you can eat a filling and delicious meal. Some food stands have little plastic seats where you can sit and eat and they cook the same dish over and over, like fried chicken on rice or Pad Thai noodles. Head for Chinatown – Yaowarat Street – and choose whatever looks most interesting from the many excellent Chinese and Thai restaurants and food stands.
What to do
After you've seen the main sites like the Giant Buddha at the temple of Wat Pho and the spectacular Grand Palace, and shopped at Chatuchak market, check out the snake farm and watch the live snake show. You can even touch a snake yourself if you want to!
It would be very interesting to see a place so much different from our northern civilization. Filled with other rules and almost everything done differently. The street foods for example Yaowarat st or Chatuchak market Filled with small shops and magic "theme". See the interesting meals only for 5 dollars, a price that you couldn't eat anything in europe. There is so much to discover, from religion to people. Their traditions but aslo try to deeply understand them. How their life is formed on a daily basis.
I think that Bangkok is beautifull city even i don't know but I reading the short story I want to go there right now. I really would like to visit that city becauso i'm very close now than a few time ago. I always have dream to going to vist a occidental country and I belive that will be posible this year.
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Actually I've already been to Bangkok, and it is 100% worth it. I say that cause I've seen pepole in the comments say that they would rather see "better place in this world". But since you know that Thailand actually got some of the most beautiful places of this world (moreover it's really cheap, have crazy nightlife and nice people), you'd probably land in Bangkok to visit them (due to the airport location). So why would you skip that ?? This is a beautiful city that has a lot to offers to anyone : malls, beautiful temples, statues, parks, delicious food... You have everything there, so yeah, even if I already visited it once, all I can say is that I can't wait to be back there.
The text is really interesting , it explains things briefly and in detail and now i want to visit Bankog
Would you like to visit Bangkok? Why or why not?
No ı don't want to visit Bangkok. the first reason that why I don't want to go there is I don't wonder its culture. Secondly I don't believe there are delicious food there because I don't like seafood. And also I think there are more beautiful places than Bangkok to visit in the world .ı prefer to go to those places
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id like to go to bankok but im poor af so cant afford ts, but ye still warm so 10/10 s tier.
Yes, I would like to visit Bangkok because it has a mix of culture, history, and modern life. I want to see the temples and try the street food.
Sometime I love to live in BKK. It's really convince or living and working freelance or remote job.But in my opinion,not all the time.Because it's really crowded and noisy.And also it is the traffic jams are nightmare for me.Because I'm always go around the city and sometimes I've a meeting to meet with my friends and colleagues.At that time,If I got the traffic jams,I really wanna cry 😭.But what a relief,we have a skytrain to choose as an another option.Even though BKK is one of the modern city in Asia,If you wanna live peaceful and slow life in Thailand,you should choose some of the countryside cities like Chiain Mai.And if you like beaches,you can choose various kind of islands and beaches like Ko Samui, Ko Phangan and Puu Khat.At the end I love to live in Thailand but I don't like to live in BKK. It is really crowded for me.