| Page Views: 651 Last Visit to Bangkok: February, 2008 | BANGKOK by wanderingbilly - last update: May 23, 2008 |
.LIGHTS--CAMERA--ACTION. | DIVE INTO BANGKOK....HEAD FIRST. |
WENT TO BANGKOK FOR THE FIRST TIME BACK IN FEB 2005.
BEFORE WE WENT WE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT BANGKOK, SOME GOOD SOME NOT SO GOOD BUT LIKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO GO AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF IF IT IS REALLY THAT GOOD...AND BY GOD IT IS !!.
FROM THE MOMENT WE LEFT THE AIRPORT AND STARTED OUR FIGHT THROUGH THE EARLYMORNING TRAFFIC I COULD TELL THAT THIS WAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. BANGKOK IS A STUNNING MIX OF THE VERY OLD THE OLD AND THE VERY VERY NEW AND IT ALL MAKES FOR A FANTASTIC MIX ALL HELD TOGEATHER BY SOME OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET.
IN THIS CITY YOU CAN DINE HIGH ABOVE THE CITY STREETS IN CHIC RESTAURANTS OR DINE ON THE STREET IN NOT SO CHIC RESTAURANTS OR STEP DOWN AN ALLY OFF THE STREET TO DINE AND DRINK IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD OF COLOUR PEOPLE AND FUN !!
AND WHEN YOU ARE BURNT OUT JUST JUMP IN A TUK TUK AND HAVE THE FLIGHT OF YOUR LIFE BACK TO YOUR HOTEL...AND TOMORROW MORNING WAKE UP IN THIS FANTASTIC CITY AND DO IT ALL AGAIN...I LOVE IT. |
| AT THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. |
|  | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. AFTER YOU HAVE DONE ALL THE SIGHTS..BOUGHT ALL THE CLOTHES..AND DRANK ALL THE BEER ON KHO SAN ROAD, THEN ITS TIME TO GET OUT OF THE BIG CITY AND SEE SOME OF THE COUNTRY..
A TRIP WE TOOK WAS TO SEE THE FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. THIS IS A DAY LONG TRIP OF AROUND 12 HOURS BUT IS WELL WORTH IT...THE COST IN HUMAN LIVES THAT IT TOOK TO BUILD THE DEATH RAILWAY MAKES IT A TRIP YOU YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO MAKE...
WE DID AND IM SO GLAD WE DID. |
ISLAND ESCAPE KO SAMUI. WE HAD A WONDERFUL 3 DAYS IN BANGKOK..AND ITS A CITY THAT I REALLY TOOK TO. ITS THE SHEAR PACE OF THE PLACE THAT GETS YOU, YOU WILL EITHER LOVE IT OR HATE IT..BUT WHATEVER ONE IT IS I BET YOU WILL NEVER FORGET BANKOK AND IF LIKE ME YOU LOVE THE CITY I BET YOU WILL BE PLANNING YOUR RETURN TRIP BEFORE YOU HAVE EVEN LEFT THE CITY..
AFTER BANGKOK WE NEEDED TO WIND DOWN A LITTLE AND THE PLACE WE PLANNED TO DO IT ON WAS KO SAMUI. HERE WE WOULD HAVE 17 DAYS TO CHILL AND REFLECT ON BANGKOK AND ALL WE HAD SEEN AND DONE..
AND WHAT A PLACE KO SAMUI IS, A REAL ISLAND GEM THAT YOU REALLY MUST SEE AND EXPLORE...BUT THATS FOR ANOTHER PAGE...ENJOY. | | |
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| Pros: | "THE PEOPLE..THE HISTORY..THE STREET LIFE.." | | Cons: | "HAVING TO GO TO SLEEP..." | | In A Nutshell: | "BANGKOK IS AN IN YOUR FACE MILLION MILE AN HOUR CITY..ENJOY IT" |
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