Sightseeing Suggestions
If you fly into Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, in the early morning and look through the windows of the aircraft, you will be enchanted at the sight of the shimmering roof tops of countless temples and the sparkling waters of the immense Chao Phraya – the veritable River of Kings!
Once settled into this huge ‘City of Angels’, as it has often been called, the sights and sounds of the city are irresistible. Pay a visit to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and you will be tongue tied for words to describe its magnificence. If you want another mind-boggling experience, take a very early morning boat ride to the landing stage opposite the Temple of Dawn, which is called Wat Arun, and watch the effect of the rising sun on the millions of pieces of mosaic, colored glass and gold leaf covered pinnacles! These are sights that live forever in memory.
Yet again for the early riser, a ride in a “long-tailed boat” on a canal (called khlongs) to the famous floating market will provide a talking point with your friends forever and a day.
Spoil yourself with an evening cruise on the Chao Phraya River and observe the life of the people who live on the banks of this mighty river. The sights to be seen are so interesting you will never want to stop.
Outside of Bangkok, a bus tour to the Rose Garden and an afternoon spent viewing the displays at the Crocodile Farm and the Elephant Village in miniature will yet again fill you with wonder at this paradise on earth that is called Thailand or Siam as it used to be called – land of the free!
The sights and sounds of Thailand will bring you back again and again to this fairytale land, as it has done for the thousands of visitors who return year after year.