Visit Thailand soon? To see which island you should visit! Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand! This place is fun, wild, and full of street food. Thailand is a great place to ball on a budget, for college kids, or to get the best bang for your buck. It is CHEAP here. It is wild how far your dollar can go here. However, if you are in a touristy area, you will pay the same prices you see in the US. But if you go outside of those areas, there will be a lot of fun, cheap, and yummy street food. You can get massages for $5, a full plate of pad thai for $2, and a beer for a couple of cents!
Bangkok is HUGE. I did not realize how big a city it was until we were flying into Bangkok and watching the skyline as we landed. Please be prepared to walk, take many taxis, and travel around in tuk-tuks. The picture above shows us getting ready to go to the floating market. If you are unfamiliar with the floating market, it is like a farmers’ market that you go through on a boat, and the vendors are on boats negotiating prices with you. It is such a great experience I recommend doing.
There is a lot of shopping to be done in Bangkok. A lot of people don’t speak much English, but they understand your hand gestures, facial expressions, and the language of money talking! It is pretty easy to negotiate with the street vendors in Bangkok. You will find a lot of things here, from fine art, incredible artifacts, clothes, and knick-knacks.
When it comes to food in Thailand, be prepared to eat rice and noodles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Or you can always find an American place to eat some eggs, French toast, and pancakes! The food is easy to access here, and it is the #1 place in the world to eat on the street. They have the most street vendors in the world. I mean, every corner they have people in a cart selling food. That food can include pad thai, pad see ew, curry, rice, and noodle dishes. If you are adventurous, you can try some fried scorpions. Please like and comment and visit my previous blogs below:
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