Visited Bangkok

My childhood was spent in a small town near Bangkok city, about 50km away called Nakhonpathom. It's a lovely and quiet place and I would call that place my hometown any day even though I was actually born in Bangkok. As I grew up, I have visited Bangkok many times and eventually I moved here in my high school years. But every time I see it, I can only see it as the city that's full of traffic, malls and everyone going somewhere. I have only seen Bangkok through the eyes of my father who grew up here and my siblings who have to go through traffic to go to their work and school, which is of course understandable because I'm only a Bangkoker.

Tourists always see Bangkok differently from how I do and I have envied them for that. I have friends who loved their time visiting Bangkok and recently I have had the opportunity to take one of my friends from Indonesia on a trip around Bangkok along with his family.

Somtam นัว in Siam Square Alley#5

It's a blast! Finally I think I get to see Bangkok through their eyes and how enthusiastic they are to visit this grand city. In the past few days, I have visited parts of Bangkok that I usually don't go to like the deeper part of Chinatown, inside Grand palace even though I go past it every other day and through the canals of Chao Phraya river. I had a pretty great trip planned out for my friend and his family and it was really fun tagging along with them for the ride. I visited Pattaya and had a great time there after taking them to the famous Khao Keaw Open zoo and Sriracha tiger Zoo. Taking them shopping at Khaosarn road, MBK center, and Chatuchak market was also awesome and the girls sure loved it. Having great Somtam @ SomtamNua in Siam square was also nice and I think I'll take my Malaysian friend there once he gets here.

A Graffiti I found and liked the most in Bangkok