4 Things To Do In Thailand
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As the first-timer visiting Bangkok, Thailand - I thought there will be the same as Jakarta, the heat, crowd and traffic jam everywhere. The reality is noooo. Even though there might be a little traffic here and there, but its way better than Jakarta since they got BTS (Bangkok SkyTrain) in every main spots. That really helps to save time and make the travel a lot easier!
You could also take any transportations in your preference, there got BTS, taxi, bus, and tuk-tuk. Short story, I took the tuk tuk few times, but honestly they costs even more expensive than BTS or taxi. So its better to take BTS if you travel 1-2 people, or taxi if you travel 1-4 people cause its way cheaper (try not to take taxi in peak hours, cause they will charge without meters).
Another thing that is different, of course the language. Its totally different, but don't worry cause most of them could understand English, even just a bit. Or you could find security/policeman along the street who are for sure could understand and speak English.
I just got back couple days ago, still missing the days in Bangkok. But now its time to move on, and here are the highlight of my five days travelling to Thailand, including the foods, shopping, temples, and other nice place to take pictures.
1. FOODS
First thing that I love about Bangkok is the FOODS, especially street foods. Apart from the price is very very low, in the range 20-70 Baht (8.000-40.000 Rupiah) I could get - from a full cup of thai tea, toasts, fresh seafoods, pad thai, to generous amount of pineapple fried rice, they were all sooo delicious. You might easily found the street food everywhere in the morning or nighttime along the road, or simply visit the biggest market in Asia - Chatuchak Market (Weekend) and Chatuchak Green (Friday Night) for more ranges of street food.
During my visit to Bangkok this time, I didn't actually try the foods in the restaurant cause most of my time spent for shopping and taking pictures :(
If anyone of you have visited Bangkok, kindly share your favorite dishes to eat in Bangkok, right in the comment box below. Will come back to try 'em all!!
If anyone of you have visited Bangkok, kindly share your favorite dishes to eat in Bangkok, right in the comment box below. Will come back to try 'em all!!
2. SHOPPING
Another thing you shouldn't be leaving Bangkok without is SHOPPING MARATHON. You could get a good quality of fashion items from clothing, bags, shoes, accessories, etc - with ridiculously good deal, mostly in the range 100-300 Baht (40.000 - 120.000 Rupiah). Recommended place to visit including Pratunam Morning Market, Platinum Mall, Chatuchak Market.
3. TEMPLE
While in Bangkok, don't forget to visit the most beautiful Buddhist temples, Wat Arun (The Temple of Dawn). You could reach there by shuttle boat crossing Chao Praya River from BTS Saphan Taksin, or get there by bus/taxi straight to Wat Arun. The ticket to enter Wat Arun is 50 Baht (20.000 Rupiah), after that you could walk further to Wat Pho which is located just beside Wat Arun.
When its late in the afternoon, take the last boat to Asiatique and enjoy your dinner there while shopping around. And don't forget to try Mango Tango, its the dessert cafe in Asiatique (another branch at Siam Square) that serves all about mango, from mango sticky rice, mango ice cream, mango pudding, etc. Nyammm, I'm craving for Mango Tango right now!
4. THEME PARK
Last but not least, apart from busy days in the city, you could take a short trip to Cha Am, visit Santorini Park and Swiss Sheep Farm to get a nice pictures. Reach there by mini van from Mo Chit Station and spend about 160 Baht (60.000 Rupiah) for one trip (3 hours). Once arrived, I took a cab to Santorini Park - Swiss Sheep Farm - back to terminal station and spent about 500 Baht (200.000 Rupiah). Even though this would be very hectic trip, but seriously the view is really worth it.
I guess thats all to round up my short trip to Thailand. Hopefully this could be helpful for those of you who planned to fly there in the meantime. Feel free to hit me some comments if you want to know more about the places to visit, eat, or just overall budget to spend there.
Will be posting more about my Thailand trip on my next post.
XOXO, Tiff
Photo by Zake Wijaya
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