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Bangkok - Thailand's Capital City - A Center for Tourists and Holiday makers.Bangkok has a life and energy of it's own! The city is unique, in that old meets new, yet live in total harmony. Maybe it is because the old and new are so very different, that the phrase 'opposites attract' springs to mind. Normal day life in Bangkok bears no resemblance to the throbbing nightlife that takes over the city once the lights go on!
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For the Tourist and holiday maker, Bangkok offers everything, somewhere. Sometimes the problem can be finding it! The traffic is a problem in Bangkok - but mostly air conditioned, and everyone gets where they are going all in good Thai Time! There are around 400 Wats - or Buddhist temples in Bangkok - a photographer's dream! Shopaholics are well catered for with markets, markets and markets. But also the most modern shopping malls to be found anywhere. Your price range will dictate which you use. There are shops for all tastes and pockets.
There is much to see and savour in Bangkok. Spectacular shopping malls, stunning Temples (Wats) Nightlife, architecture. You can zip around Bangkok in a few days. Far better to make it a mainstay destination and just breathe in the atmosphere which is Bangkok.
Bangkok is hot! Together with that, the temperatures are quite high as well. 30deg is commonplace, higher often, lower rarely.
Bangkok is one of the world's most important cities - no longer the third world capital as once was, with pollution spewing forth from everything that moved, and much of what stood still. The heat and humidity is often confused for pollution. Not so. I have beautiful clear views over Bangkok from my 14th floor apartment. Yes, there is the occasional old diesel lorry or bus, and maybe a few unfamiliar smells. But, there is much more to Bangkok than that! Bangkok has transformed itself of recent years, and the effects are almost immediately noticeable. 10 million people are said to live in Bangkok - around 10% of the entire Thai population!
Open your eyes - enjoy Bangkok!
Wat Arun : Wat Pho : Wat Phra Kaew : City Pillar Shrine : Democracy Monument : Monks
Floating Market
- Damnoen Saduak Full Name
of Bangkok
Shopping | Accommodation | Food | Parks | Landmarks | Chao Phraya River | Nightlife | Beauty - Fitness | Museums | Sports | Education | Health | Chinatown | Ko Kret | Rattanakosin | Amulets |
