I was supposed to see a friend on my visit to Bangkok, but found myself alone in the city, without any plans. I arrived quite late and i decided to just stay in a hotel near the airport for my first night. Upon arriving, did a quick google, made a simple itinerary on my mind, and check for any couchsurfing events in the city. Good thing there's few people who had just arrived and looking out for something to do.
Waking up late on my first day in bangkok, i checked out and went back to airport to get on a train to city center. City line connects the airport to BTS sky train station for 45 baht. I checked in to another hotel and off i go for my first activity... Shopping!
If you ever go to Bangkok, make sure that you allot extra luggage space, coz even if you didnt make any plan to shop it would just be futile to avoid it. Aside from the many big malls, there are night markets, street market and prices can be quite attractive.
For the evening, i was able to join a small group in the infamous Khao san road for a bit of drinking and dancing. Khao san road is something to check out for, the atmosphere is quite friendly (plenty of tourists though we had a couple of thais in our small group). If you find it's not your thing, it is something that one can easily get out of, or better yet stay till the crack of dawn. (Guess which one I did!). Two words though, beer's cheap in here.
The Bangkok experience would never be complete without seeing one or two of its many temples and cruising the Chao Praya. I decided to do just that on my final day.
Easy to navigate, inexpensive by many standards and offering different sights and novel experiences, i do agree that bangkok is worth a visit.
I'll be back and perhaps next time i will see thailand's countryside even.
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