Weekend Stuff Bangkok

The weekend was a whirlwind of activity and we’re only going to write about a few of the highlights. We visited the River City Bangkok which includes a wealth of art from local artists. There are many amazing things to view here and many are for sale and definitely worth a stop if you’re nearby.

Some samples of the great art from local artists featured below.

From the River City center, you can book a river tour so we booked a 90 minute tour through the Chao Phraya River. The river is huge and the largest in Thailand so it’s worth the trip to look at how the hidden parts of Bangkok exist. The cost of our 90m private boat was 2800 baht ($83 USD). There is an evening river cruise that includes dinner on a much larger vessel that costs 2400 baht for two.

Many homes on pillars to keep from flooding. Some sections seem to be abandoned as well.

But there are also amazing temples, parks, bars and restaurants and a market along some parts of the river.

After our River Tour, we asked the captain to drop us off at IKONSIEM which has become our go to place for dining. There are so many food options at this mall that we keep coming back for more. My heart skipped a beat when I found my favorite pastry shop in a hidden corner of the 5th floor. If you’re hungry for cars, there is a Porsche, Volvo and BMW dealership INSIDE the mall.

We also ate lunch at a hot pot place that was amazing. You’re given wooden crates of raw veggies and meats and you cook it yourself in the water pot or the soup mix for added flavor.

The local beer here is different, the image below is of a very sour beer.

The rest of Sunday was wind down time at the two pools at our hotel.

Monday

This post is going out Monday evening here in Thailand and today we spent the morning getting to know the train system. We took a train to the airport on the city link line and paid a whopping $1.35 for the ride. We also took the green line back to the river then waited over an hour for the Sheraton boat that never came, we ended up buying tickets on anther ferry to get us to lunch at IKONSIEM and then another Sheraton shuttle back to our hotel.