Bangkok - first day impression
 

Hi

I'm now in Bangkok and I'm here for the 4th time actually. I arrived early in the morning and I checked into Lebua at the State tower. I went out to check out the town right away and it didn't take long before I was soaked in sweat...it was 30 degrees + and 80% humidity :p

The city has grown even more and places like CentralWorld (former World Trade Center) used to be big but now it has been extended and the place is HUGE. I have travelled across town on both the BTS (skytrain) and the subway and it beats getting stuck in traffic. As I have been here before I'm pretty much able to ignore the taxi drivers and tuk-tuk drivers that are trying to con tourists around the main attractions...but it is still fun to talk to the locals. The Thai are generally very nice and I have been asked several times today where I am from and if I'm here on vacation etc. Most of them are not great when it comes to English but they seem to try at least and that is fun.

I didn't get that much done today as it was pouring down for a couple of hours and I'm jet lagged anyway after coming home from South Africa on Tuesday and then going on to Bangkok on Wednesday.

But it is great to be back in Bangkok and Thailand. It is fun to smell all the different smalls from traffic, from street vendors making food, from incense from wats etc. If you are going to Thailand make sure that you make a few days in stop in Bangkok. It is a city of contrasts, it is a city that can get you stressed...but just relax and walk around and look at the city and I'm sure you will be just as fascinated as I am.

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Obscure2k
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Nice post. ^^ For some people, yours truly included, Bangkok will always have its charm.

that is very sweet of you :)

rawang
 

Watch out. The country , people, and food can become addictive.

rawang
 

duplicate post, sorry

Still saying what I did after first few months of exposure in 1972 and living off and on there for more than a decade in toto since then. "Nicest people in the world" once you get past the "mercenary" types around most of the tourist areas of Bangkok and other main tourist areas.

Lots of bias in my opinion with sufficient language fluency, travel to most all provinces in times past, and of course, lovely Thai wife of 26 years.