"It's a fascinating city of Mix and Match!" Bangkok by backpackerbaby

Bangkok Travel Guide: 10,207 reviews and 22,513 photos

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My second trip to Bangkok :
14-17 March 2003

Bangkok is a lovely city with two faces. There are lots of traditional temples and houses. At the same time, modern tall buildings can be found scattering at different corners of the city.

Which face of Bangkok you like more?

Our trip...

The steepest staircase in Bangkok?!

Unlike our usual trips, we bought a package including the air tic and 3 nights of hotel accomodation for this trip. As a bonus, we joined a free guided tour to Wat Arun + a free boat trip on Chao Praya River and we got an hour free body massage at Grand Spa.

Besides...

Tall buildings along the river bank.

The free stuffs just took us 0.5 day and we just hanged around freely in the remaining 3 days of our stay. We spent quite a lot of time inside shopping centres as it's really hot! However, the only place I think was good for shopping was Chatuchat Weekend Market. Apart from shopping, we also tried local Thai food... the tastes were really different from those in Hong Kong. Anyway, we enjoyed a lot.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Great food, nice/cheap shopping, friendly people and beautiful sunshine!!!
Cons:It's just TOO hot...
In a nutshell:at least once in life...

Last visit to Bangkok: Mar 2003
Intro Updated Nov 28, 2003
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kentishgirl Aug 3, 2004 at 11:35 AM

Another Excellent page! This is def on my list of places to visit......I dont think Ill be eating the insects though! LOL
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mamasan69 Apr 26, 2004 at 5:08 AM

Very nice pictures on your pages, happy travels,
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jadedmuse Feb 21, 2004 at 6:23 AM

You've got some of the best tips I've seen on VT. Want to see more from you....like your charm and impressions. Great job!
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pmarshuk Jan 19, 2004 at 7:48 AM

One of my all time favourite places. But I've not been as adventurous as you with the food. I kept away from the insects. Nice page and nice pics.
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yen_2 Jan 17, 2004 at 9:12 AM

Nice Bkk page..And geezzz, I wouldn't dare to try that thai style of a popcorn. Thank you u very much!hehe..Nice one!lol
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LarsLous Jan 17, 2004 at 8:31 AM

You are so right, one should have seen Bangkok in ones life.
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awayhome Jan 16, 2004 at 7:49 AM

Great page on my home town. Does you think Thai food is yummy?=)))
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GrantBoone Jan 11, 2004 at 3:38 AM

Nice restaurants!!!
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ettenaj Jan 10, 2004 at 7:58 AM

The restuarant sounds much nicer than the deep fried insects Yuk
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globerover Nov 28, 2003 at 3:33 AM

great tips, but the deep fried insects? --- brrrrrrrrr --