Bangkok Thailand Travel Vlog November 2015

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Watch this short travel vlog on my recent trip to Bangkok, Thailand - this place had everything to offer from shopping, food, hospitality and natural beauty. I can't wait to return here one day! Check out my blog post here for some more tips on traveling to Bangkok: http://bit.ly/BangkokSanamTahir From the temples, to the shopping, the food, floating markets, and the cultural diversity, I cannot get enough of this place. Even if you spent a month here it would not be enough! Let me get to it…here is how our schedule went, enjoy! Day 1 – after traveling for about 20 hours, it is no surprise that we were happy to be at our hotel (Hotel Muse located near Sukhimvit). As badly as I wanted to just get in bed and sleep the rest of the day (we arrived at noon) I knew that it was Sunday and that I had to experience the grand Weekend Chatuchak Market. As its name suggests, it only takes place on the weekend and you can pretty much find anything except for a coffin here. We mustered up the energy and went to the market. We got some great deals and even had some good street food – which brings me to another point: if you are traveling to Bangkok, it is OKAY to eat street food as long as it doesn’t look like its being cooked in a nasty environment. To be honest, I was very impressed with how the Thai people kept all their food clean…even the fruits they sell on the street are all cut up and wrapped up in saran wrap so flies and dirt cannot get to them. The street food is all cooked fresh. I would make sure however, that you drink bottled water ONLY. If you drink tap water, I guarantee you will get sick. Also, just to be on the safe side, we took probiotics everyday and surprisingly did not get sick at all during the whole trip. Later that night we walked over to Sukhimvit Road which is the Arab/Desi part of town. It is fairly comparable to Steinway in NYC, Devon St. in Chicago, or Edgeware Road in London. Here, you can find some of the best halal Arab/desi/thai food along with some great shopping – the night market in particular is awesome and it felt like I was walking through the streets of Medina at night with the smell of athar (perfume oil derived from natural resources) and shwarmas flooding the street! Day 2 – We took a cab to the Satore Pier (not sure if I’m spelling that correctly) but basically for 100 baht (~$3) per person this ferry will take you to the other side of the river where you can visit the Wat Arun (temple of Dawn). I was very excited to climb to the top to see a spectacular view of the city, however unfortunately this temple had a TON of construction going on which really ruined it for me. I also had a plan for us to come back the next morning to watch the sunrise from here (temple of Dawn, duh – thats the best view and thing to do here), but given the construction, I knew it was going to obstruct the views and wouldn’t really be worth it. The place really does have some cool architecture though but I would say only go visit if the construction has been completed – they blocked off the top so you can’t go up there anyway (I was still able to take some cool photos there though) Day 3 – Our last day in Bangkok – we signed up for a floating market tour via Viator. For this tour, we visited the Damnoen Saduak floating market about 1.5 hours away from the city center. The floating market was a very cool and different experience. You pretty much get on a boat with 5 other people and a boat steerer guides you through the water canals as you pass vendors wanting to sell you their products. You can pretty much find anything here including boats selling fresh food being made via the grill installed in their boat (pretty cool). It is a bit of a tourist trap though so be aware. Additionally, the tour only allowed us to be at the floating market a total of 3 hours – the rest of the time was spent driving back (in peak traffic hour which in Bangkok is worse than NYC traffic).