List of activities to try while in the City of Angels.
Passive Activities | Tours | Photo Opportunities | Cooking Schools | Dancing | Music | Art | Shopping | Graveyard Shift Jaunts | Avoiding Trouble
Passive Activities
Traditional Thai Massage: Need to relax? Try a 1-2 hour traditional massage. Be vocal if you are in pain. If done well, you will literally be bouncing down the street with renewed energy.
Movies > 4D movies at Siam Paragon or Central World Plaza. I went with Mum to see the Hobbit movie in 4D. Was not disappointed. The experience was surreal.
BK Magazine: The english language what’s-on FREE street magazine. Pick one up in any cafe.
Organic Farmer’s Markets ( Raithong ) – Friends Bryan and Tui operate a fabulous organic food business. Their latest product is brewed ginger beer. Say hello if you are attending a farmer’s market.
Tours
Bike tours: try Bike Tours Bangkok or Grasshopper Adventures bike tour companies. This is a great thing to experience the back streets away from the traffic jams and bustle of central BKK.
Photo Opportunities
Benjasiri Park at Sunset, next to BTS Phrom Phong. See the local people in their interesting exercise habits. Worth the visit.
Erawan temple after work hours. Of interest: this shrine is popular with the office-ladies. Prayers are a visual feast of colour and smoke. Near BTS Chit Lom.
Cooking Schools
Baipai Thai Cooking School – I have attended one of their classes. The experience was fun, the teacher repartee – a delight.
Maykaidee Cooking Classes – I have wanted to attend the famous cooking school, but never gotten around to it. Her vegetarian food is a delight. Her restaurants are found in the Khao San area.
Dancing
Argentine Tango.
A passionate community of dancers will welcome you to the tango experience.
Monday: Tango Class and practica. Nice Step Studio.
Wednesday: Milonga @ Flava Bar Dream Hotel
Thursday: Jueves Tango de Soi 4″ at Spanish On 4 restaurant, Silom
Saturday: Lynn’s on Saturdays at Red Pepper
Sunday: Milonga. Dream Hotel at Flava Bar
Todo:
– Salsa
-Swing
-Nightclubs
Music
– Adhere the 13th, if you like blues music it’s MANDATORY, and on Fridays, barbeque.
– WTF Gallery and Bar, great pizzas.
– Brown Sugar. Jazz bar.
– Tawangdang. Beer. spicy food, incredible stage performances.
Art:
bangkok art and culture centre (BACC) BTS National Stadium
Soi Ekkamai.
Chez Charlies, Suk 17? Sample the Best Croissant in Bangkok. A photo opportunity awaits inside.
Outside Grounds of the Central World Plaza often host a large art exhibition.
Shopping (Shop Ping):
See a 5 star supermarket! Siam Paragon.
See an amazing AND tacky Airport themed shopping centre: Terminal 21, Asoke BTS.
Weekend Markets at Chatuchak (a.k.a. JJ’s, Jatujak).
Friday Flora Markets at Chatuchak.
Antique Night Markets – Ratchada , great atmosphere at this market. Lots of interesting things to see.
No visit to BKK is complete without a lunch meet at Shabu-shi Sushi + Suki train one price 1h 20min buffet. Where: Central World Plaza, MBK (Mahboonkrong)
Wat Arun from Aree Residence @ Sunset, Wat Pho > Pier = Tha Tien
BTS Sathorn > Sathorn Pier > Ferry > Tha Tien
Long-tail Boat Tours of Canals West of the ChaoPhraya
Hire a bicycle and ride around on a cycle tour.
[It’s Raining! What do I do?]
Shopping: there are five upper-end shopping centres interconnected in central BKK. You can conceivably using the skytrain’s skywalk to weave through > Gaysorn – Central World Plaza – Siam Paragon – Siam Centre – MBK.
Not Shopping? Then you’re Eating. Drinking. Thai massage.
Cinemas are at the top of Paragon, Central World, Terminal 21 and MBK shopping centres.
Graveyard Shift Jaunts:
There are things to do in the early hours of the morning.
– Thawet Late night flower markets.
– Fresh Produce scramble at Khlong Toei Markets, Road: Rama IV.
– After hour Night Clubs – officially not suppose to exist, but a well established way to keep partying after the watershed hour.
– 24 Hour Diner – Foodland’s Tuk Lae Dee diners are dependable places to get an all hours meal after being out all day.
Trouble:
– Hospitals:
– Tourist Police:
– Normal Police:
[It’s Too Hot! What to do?]
Quick Glossary:
Thanon: Road
Soi: Alley
BTS: Sky Train
MRT: Subway
Vegetarian: Aharn Jehr.
A little bit: Nit Noi.
Delicious: Arrrroy.
Thank You. (f) Korp Kun Ka / (m) Korp Kun Krup.