Today I've been out to the Ancient City.
It's an Architectural park - about 200ha about 30km from central BKK - a bit less from here.
It's quite easy to get to - though it took a bit research and a leap of faith.
The easy way is a 145 bus to the end of the line and change at the same bus stop to a 36 songtheuw.
I opted for getting off the bus early, walking in circles and then finding a 36 songtheuw, mostly by luck.
The way back was something similar. Next time I go though, I will know the quick way and not just the easy way :)
Bangkok people are mall people rather than park lovers, which is a happy thing as there were not that many people there - at least they seemed to spread out over the 200ha well enough for it to feel quite empty. The park is actually in the shape of Thailand and they have put sample architecture from each region at the appropriate location for the map - it sounds a bit tacky but works surprisingly well.
Sitting down in the floating markets, out of the sun and catching the breeze with old women in boats selling fruits and coffee etc is a very pleasant way to spend time. I took some marking to do, but made woefully little progress, though I did do some reading on the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Because it's so big, a bicycle made the day much better - you could also hire golf buggies.
It's an Architectural park - about 200ha about 30km from central BKK - a bit less from here.
It's quite easy to get to - though it took a bit research and a leap of faith.
The easy way is a 145 bus to the end of the line and change at the same bus stop to a 36 songtheuw.
I opted for getting off the bus early, walking in circles and then finding a 36 songtheuw, mostly by luck.
The way back was something similar. Next time I go though, I will know the quick way and not just the easy way :)
Bangkok people are mall people rather than park lovers, which is a happy thing as there were not that many people there - at least they seemed to spread out over the 200ha well enough for it to feel quite empty. The park is actually in the shape of Thailand and they have put sample architecture from each region at the appropriate location for the map - it sounds a bit tacky but works surprisingly well.
Sitting down in the floating markets, out of the sun and catching the breeze with old women in boats selling fruits and coffee etc is a very pleasant way to spend time. I took some marking to do, but made woefully little progress, though I did do some reading on the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Because it's so big, a bicycle made the day much better - you could also hire golf buggies.
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