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In Highlight, Thailand 2004 On  30/12/2004  No comments

See the posts on Travel Thailand 2004

• Bangkok
• Ayutthaya
• Chiang Mai
• Tours on the north of Thailand
• Koh Samui – Mae Nam
• Koh Samui – Bo Phut
• Krabi – Ao Nang – Phang Nga
• Phuket

In Asia, Thailand 2004 On  24/11/2004  One comment

Bangkok was the arrival and departure place in Thailand. An impressing city, full of paradoxes and surprises. Usually when I travel I don’t like big cities, but Bangkok seduced me. Many things in Thailand reminded me Brazil. The mixture of rich and poor, modern and antic, high technology and obsolete, nice people, heat, informality, chaotic transit… Bangkok is like São Paulo, although more beautiful, for its temples and palaces.

We spent almost two days visiting temples. They are impressive: golden Buddha, palaces, gold, ornaments. The city is a mixture of Buddhist temples and modern architecture. The high buildings catch the eye as much as the temples.

The transport here it is already an adventure. The tuk-tuk taxi are everywhere, they are like a 3 wheel motorcycle with cabin for passengers, a cheap way to move around town. Another interesting taxi is the river taxi, a ferryboat that connects the two margins of Chao Phraya. There are about 20 stops of this boat taxi...