Originally Posted by
moretimeoffguy
Thanks SKT and David. I’m a little confused. The Silom MRT stop looks to be nowhere near the river. Is the HI Silom between the river and the MRT Silom station? Also looks close to Lumphini Park (sorry, not sure of the spelling). Is that nothing special? It’s the largest public park in BKK, right?
No one mentioned China Town. Nothing special? And no one has mentioned any museums in BKK. None worth a visit?
I’ll have 5 nights / four days in BKK, so I want to be sure I take in the best BKK has to offer. There’s more to see right, or does Singapore have better sight seeing opportunities? When I depart Krabi, I’m flying to Singapore for 3 nights to visit old next door neighbors of mine and a cool Singapore native I met on Twitch who is a streamer and professional magician.
Holiday Inn Silom is FAR from Silom station, as Silom is a long road and those two pretty at the opposite end
Lumphini park is not the largest public park, but one of the oldest and most centrally located...there is now also a skywalk from Lumpini to the new Benjakitti forest park and further to the Benjakitti park...did a 8km walk there a month ago...in Lumphini you can see usually montor lizards moving around or swimming (not in a cage)
china town is interesting for street food and shopping (the latter along the Sampeng lane) all kind of stuff at very cheap prices
there are a couple of museums like the National museum close to Grand Palace (a little bit old fashion), the relatively new and modern Siam Museum (near Sanam Chai MRT station and in walking distance from Wat Po. There are also two art museums (mainly modern art) if you are interested, one opposite MBK shopping center and one on the way to Don Muang airport