Welcome to Bangkok

Bangkok is considered to be one of the world’s top tourist hotspots and is currently Asia’s top tourist destination.

Bangkok’s temples are a unique part of the capital’s heart and soul. The temples are not just tourist attractions but also play an important part in Buddhist traditions. Monks live in the temple complexes, wake up around 04:00, attend to prayers and duties and then collect food and necessities from ordinary people on the streets.

We were not allowed to visit the historical venues Wat Phra Kaew ( inside the Gland Palace) as my son and I were wearing shorts, Take my advice don’t wear shorts if you want to visit this temple in Thailand. Thai temples are sacred places so you must dress appropriately.

Bangkok is a city to overload the senses. Streets are crowded by tuk-tuks (motorized tri-shaws). We took a tut tut and the driver took us to another temple which was quite a distance from the Grand Palace. I saw a high standing Buddha and some foreigners and locals prayed by side of the temple. It has several interesting Buddha images, elevated murals on the walls and lavishly gilded window shutters. In the small museum are old Buddha images and various paintings.

It’s fun to sit in tut tut in the beginning, but we realise later how dangerous it was. The tut tut driver was driving like crazy and was caught by the traffic police. The driver wanted us to share the summon. This incident was a bad experience for us and has somewhat become an unpleasant memory in Bangkok.

In Bangkok, we took a boat ride along the cannal to see some of the tourist attraction spots.

We do some more last minute shopping and ended up in a night market Bangkok Streetside food stalls sell fried grasshoppers, while the spicy smells of Thai cooking waft from the restaurants.

Don't miss getting a traditional Thai massage and it will help you to relax after a whole day walking around the town.