Thailand Travel Blog

Hello everyone, My name is Keng from Bangkok, Thailand. Yes, I’m Thai and I love Thailand. Sometime my friend from U.S.A. or Sweden come to Bangkok and they said what is the most interested place to visit. I cannot answer them. These kind of questions keep asking in my mind for year. Finally, I feel that I’m Thai and I should visit the beautiful places that travelers from all over the world come to Thailand and spend a lot of money just to visit Thailand. My hometown have a great and beautiful destination. For me , it is just keep walking out of the home and explore Bangkok and other province of Thailand.

Keep visiting, I will blog about traveling in Thailand. All is about my own experienced. You can get the information about Thailand traveling from the local like me.

All feedback and question about traveling in Thailand are welcome. I will try my best to answer your questions.

Happy Traveling.

Saphan Pra Ram Paed or Rama VIII Bridge is the lastest addition to the number of bridges of Bangkok that cross over Chao Phraya River. This bridge is near Banglampoo and can be seen from the Park near Pra-ar-thit Road. Aom , Nue, Umo and myself went to the Rama VIII Bridge by night.

The bridge is in the middle of Bangkok and it was built to commemorate King Rama VIll and is a prestigious part of the Bangkok transport system. This bridge is the brain child of our beloved King Rama IX who wants to help reduce the notorious traffic congestion of Bangkok.It crosses the Chao Phraya River and has the tower located on the river bank. The river side stays are arranged in double plane and the back side stays in a single plane. The total length including the approach spans is 2.45 km. (This paragraph information taken from the official site of Rama VIII Bridge )

I had heard that there was an elevator that could take tourists to the top of the bridge to see the bird eye’s view of Bangkok. We came up with the intention to go to the top of the bridge. When we reached at the base of the bridge, we found that the elevator is operated only on special occasions. So we had to change our destination and walked across the bridge by night instead. (more…)

Back in 1983 , it was my first time to see the real royal barge procession ceremony in the Chaophraya River. I stood among a huge crowd beside the river bank. Everything in the river seemed quiet. No boats sailing on the river. Only groups of Royal Barges with our Kng in the river. It was a really great experience for me. I was only 8 years old at that time.

Today, I went to the Royal Barge Meseum in Bangkok. This is the place where are kept the real royal barges of Thailand for education and also for use as a royal barge dock. These royal barges may be used again in the future. If there is a royal barge ceremony again, I will not miss it for sure.

The Royal Barge Museum is located near Bangkok Noi Railway Station. I paid 30 baht for 3 three of us , Nue, Aom and myself. I also paid a 100 baht fee for the use of still camera in the dock. If you want to bring your camera here, you have to pay an additional fee for the use of each type of the camera . The rough fee guide is 10 baht for the museum , 100 baht for a still camera, 200 baht for a video camera , and 300 for video camera with commercial purpose . It is so cheap, isn’t? (more…)

Khao San Road on Friday night is full of foreign travellers and thai teenagers who come to clubs on Khao San Road. Normally on weekdays, most people in Khao San Road are foreign travellers. But on the weekends, that is , on Friday and Saturday night, most of the visitors to the palce are Thai teenagers. They come to Khao San Road for drinks and dances at the clubs that have been mushrooming all over the area.

Besides, Khao San Road is still full of lots of interesting things such as the street vendors. You can buy some delicious foods at very cheap prices. The most famouse menu from these street vendors is Phad Thai( Thai fried noodles). You can eat Phad Thai for only 10 baht for regular serving and 15 baht for Phad Thai with egg. But Phad Thai on Khao San Road is not the most delicious . These Phad Thai dishes have no shrimps or any meat, just vegetables and some egg as an option. But it is still good to try, the taste is okay and seems to be delicious when you are hungry. (more…)