Thailand - Continued !

Hi dear followers,

After enjoying a couple of joyful relaxing days biking around Bangkok, we have now arrived in the Center of Bangkok.

The 50 Keth's

The green zones, several parks and the districts.

As said earlier, Bangkok is very polluted and chaotic but they really want to keep “the green” in the city. Thailand is also knows for his numerous parks and green zones in the center of the city. to sum up some parks in Bangkok : Lumphini Park, Queen Sirikit Park, Chatuchak Park Saranrom Park, etc... Lumphini Park is the most known park , it's Bangkok's "Central Park".

Bangkok is a city that is divided into 50 districts or locally known as khet, and then these districts are again divided into sub-districts or khwaeng.

All these districts are under the authority of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Although Bangkok is divided in districts throughout the years, the western influence maid the city expand without taking notice of the districts. As the city expanded on the outskirts, the inner city just had no other option than to grow up, quite a funny sight to see the difference between the inner city and the outskirts!

Especially the business districts ( Silom, Bangrak, Pinklao, and the new central business district Chatuchak ) grow enormously because the western influence.

Just a little side-note, Bangkok's skyline counts 1,000 skyscrapers and is ranked as the 17th tallest city in the world.

A real must see district is definitely the Phra Nakhon district , a well-known touristic place.

Some touristic attractions we visited in this district were The Grand Palace and Siam Square.

Siam Square is central Bangkok's shopping district whom combines large malls and side shops with both national and international brands.
Here below are some pictures, to show you what we are talking about :

This is the official full name of Bangkok

Lumphini Park

Tourism and culture

Bangkok is known to be the cultural centre of Thailand, there are festivals throughout the whole year, numerous spas for meditation and much more...

So what cultural attraction did we get to experience ?

Well we couldn't be luckier, while we were staying in Bangkok there was an actual festival !

The Bangkok Songkran Festival, This festival celebrates the traditional Thai New Year.

The big symbol in this festival is Water, this is not just for fun but has a real meaning to the Thai people. They believe the water will wash off all the misfortunes in the past year and welcoming the new year with a fresh new start. Originally it was a sort of ritual with family and friends but because of the tourists influence it now is a real festivity, and what a great experience it was to have witnessed these festivities !!

As last we would like to talk about the native food and how it works over there.

A very funny fact in Bangkok a way of saying hello is just saying "Kin khao rue yang?" ( Have you eaten yet?). Bangkok is filled with all kinds of food carts, picturesque restaurants and even superb international restaurants.

This is everything we have encountered up to now, we are all having the time of our life !!

Greets and catch you all up later !!!