09/05/2024
🇹🇭 Bangkok Stories - Episode 2
Everytime I land in Thailand, I found a different vibe in the atmosphere. This time was a season of Songkran (Thai New year). Every street was preparing for the water festival which happens during the songkran celebrations.
👉 Airport to Accommodation:
We took Grab (Taxy app) to reach to our hotel. I booked the hotel in advance. The hotel was in Prathunam area near the center of Bangkok. It took 45 minutes to reach from airport & costs 400 baht in Grab. Also we had to pay 20 baht extra for the expressway toll fee.
👉 Hotel: We reach at the hotel in the afternoon & checked in right away. The name of the hotel is Cubic Prathunam Hotel. It’s a small yet beautiful hotel with a lobby in the ground floor. It has also a parking lot separating from the main road. We stayed there for 3 nights.
👉 Area exploration: At evening, we started to explore the neighbourhood & found seven eleven very close to the hotel. Seven Eleven in Thailand is a life saver. You will find everything in cheap here. I was joking with my wife telling that If I carrry one handbag & come, still I would have survived because of seven eleven. Then we explored the evening market of Prathunam which is considered one of the best wholesale market in Bangkok. Irony is if you take more in number, the price is almost half than if you take just a single piece. Nearby markets (Indra maket,Platinum Fashion mall) also offer a very good deal.
👉 Khaosan Road: It’s a very famous road in Bangkok particularly famous for its party vibe,red light district zone. We decided to explore the Roads in night so that we get the full experiences of vibe of the road. Lots of cafe,bars,street foods & entertainment activities were in that road. You will find a huge crowd while crossing the road but you will enjoy because you will find so many happy faces arround singing & dancing. We choose to sit in a rooftop cafe from where the view was scenic. High rised buildings with different lights and Khaosan streets view you will experience a bit of different than walking in the streets. The name of the cafe is Rocco Bar rooftop cafe. It’s just at the beginning of the Khaosan road.
TBC.