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Bangkok is one of my favorite cities. It's very different than Singapore and other cities that i have lived in. Bangkok is a city that is very much alive. It has vibrancy, grit and sleaze-but cultural rewarding with it's amazing temples, food and arts. Bangkok is not a squeaky clean modern city, but is easy to get around in-with the sky train, subway and river taxis. There are many malls, shopping centers and markets-that you will be easily spoiled for choice in this city.
Bangkok is not a very old and historic city in Asia. North of Bangkok, the city of Ayuthaya, was once the capital of Siam. In the mid 1700's the capital was moved to Thonburi (across the Chao Phraya, river, from modern day Bangkok. In 1782, King Rama I moved the capital of Siam to Bangkok-the King felt this city would be easier to defend. Bangkok was known to foriegners or "farangs" as the Venice of the east due to many canals or "klongs" . Many of these klongs have been filled in, but you can still take a nice boat ride up the Chao Phraya and up the klongs, which are full of residential homes-some quite old.
Thailand and Bangkok flourished during the 1990s. The country was dubbed as one of the Asian tigers. In 1997, the Thai economy crumbled and their currency, the baht lost a lot of its value. There are many abandoned buildings around the city that were dreamed of when the baht was strong.The building stopped when the money ran out. Nowadays, the Thai economy is growing and getting back to where it once was. Buildings are going up, new hotels and restaurants are joining Bangkok's skyline.
Bangkok is a very interesting city and deserves atleast three days of your time. There is so much to see here.
- Pros:stunning wats, chatuchak weekend market
- Cons:traffic and abandoned buildings
- In a nutshell:a lot of fun
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This is surely one of the best page on Bangkok. It's a real pity people do not visit Museums these days. We are planning for winter, I shall come back for more.
I liked the food at the weekend market ;-)
Love your restaurant recommendation - looking forward to my one-day stay in BKK in early June.
Great hotel tip, i stay in the Meridien President, now the Holiday inn and it was a good hotel.
a great and well written up page of Bangkok ... thanx for some new restaurant tips that we shall hopefully be able to verify later this August ... and I fully agree with your opinion on the Asia Hotel ...
Sawasdee Ka Trisanna....How're u? Just come to say Hi before go home....Have a nice day....May
Great Bangkok page - lots of useful tips here, thanks!
I have absolutley adored your bangkok pages..Ive read them through and through as Im planning to go there in a week and a half myself.Really great info..
Thanks for all your great and useful info on your BKK page. Am going there in August and your page has a lot of good tips and references!
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