Bangkok: Travel Guide to the City of Angels

Bangkok or Krung Thep means the City of Angels! This buzzling city in Asia was constructed in 1782 or 225 years ago. At present, Bangkok has approximately 10 million population and it is considered one of the biggest city in the world.

I fell in love with this exotic and eccentric city which boasts of its rich cultural heritage. The Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Temple of the Dawn, Chao Phraya River and Canals (once Venice of the East) are among the many must see places in Bangkok. It is also a noteable shopping paradise in Asia and restaurants all over the city serve excellent seafood and traditional Thai dishes. The promoninent Thai Boxing continues to attract sports-loving visitors while Thai classical dances, golfing, and a long list of other entertainments await the ever inquisitive tourists.

I went for full day tour (floating market, elephant show and snake show) and I was particularly delighted by the floating market. The market was full of sellers, selling everything from fruit, noodles, everyday necessities, to souvenirs, handicrafts, and spices. I roamed the market for about an hour, had fun testing my bargaining skills and bought fried bananas, coconuts, some spices, durians (not to be missed), and mangoes. The market was full of tourists. It was indeed a good experience, definitely one of the high points of my visit to Thailand. Must say that I enjoyed the elephant show as well.

Just around 91 miles southeast of Bankok lies Pattaya, a famous destination for its beautiful beaches, first class and all kinds of hotels, guest houses, superb sea food restuarants and water sports. Souvenir shops and museums reflecting the rich Thai cultural heritage also abound in this magnificient destination.

For the hot-blooded gents, there are a lot of open-air bars, beer bars, discotheques, cabaret shows and other night spots entertainment that keeps you upbeat, or even romantic, at all night! Infact, Pattaya has over 3000 bars catering to all tastes!

Walking Street is the main hub of the nightlife scene in Pattaya and is probably the most exciting street in the world to have fun. Here you will find all kinds of entertainment, from beer bars to cool indoor air-con bars like V2o, discos, Agogo-bars, cabaret shows, street entertainers, market stalls and much more.

Worth checking also is Baby Dolls located in Soi 15 between Walking Street and 2nd Road opposite Whats Up Agogo, where one could found pretty girls dancing or serving beer.