Something About Bangkok Thailand

There are many amaz­ing places and things you can find in Bangkok, but one of the most thing that amazed me is its traf­fic. And it is get­ting worse and worse each day espe­cially dur­ing the rush hours.

The other day, while I was sit­ting in the car stuck in the traf­fic, I thought I should write some­thing about Bangkok since I have lived in the city for many years already. After got back home, I put my thoughts together and fin­ished this amaz­ing Bangkok article.

Bangkok, known to the Thais as “Krungthep”, which means the City of Angels, was estab­lished in 1782 by King Rama 1 as cap­i­tal of Siam.

It is a city of over 10 mil­lion peo­ple, and it is the cap­i­tal of Thai­land, a coun­try of over 60 mil­lion peo­ple. Thai­land is known as The Land of Smiles for its happy peo­ple, partly because of this, it attracts many peo­ple from around world to come here to visit, work, invest, vaca­tion and have fun.

Over the past two cen­turies, it has devel­oped into a great metrop­o­lis with a pop­u­la­tion of over eight mil­lion. Like any other mod­ern cities in the world, Bangkok boasts lots of mas­sive build­ings, many inter­na­tional air­ports — Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi.

Bangkok is a city of mix­ture of East and West, the ancient and the mod­ern. Its sur­face has taken on the look of the present time, while under­neath the old ways are much alive in Thais’ every­day life. So, despite its mod­ern­iza­tion, Bangkok is still best suited for a glimpse of the tra­di­tional arts, archi­tec­ture, reli­gion, and other aspects of the cul­ture of the Thai people.

I like this city for its diverse cul­ture, the food, antiques and ancient ruins. It is the noise dirty city, with a rep­u­ta­tion seedy nightlife, but that’s not part of my life.

Bangkok is the eco­nomic cen­ter of Thai­land, it dom­i­nates the country’s econ­omy and dwarf­ing other urban cen­ters. It is the place where all trends orig­i­nate, where all roads meet, an exag­ger­a­tion of every aspect of life in the kingdom.

It is home to the head­quar­ters of all Thailand’s large com­mer­cial banks and finan­cial insti­tu­tions. It is also the finan­cial cap­i­tal of one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Bangkok is Thailand’s prin­ci­pal inter­na­tional gate­way, the major domes­tic hub, and a des­ti­na­tion in its own right.

For peo­ple who are liv­ing in Bangkok, we know it is an amaz­ing city. With over abun­dance of high-end shop­ping malls. It has highly devel­oped pub­lic trans­porta­tion sys­tem, pro­vid­ing con­ve­nient access to lux­ury con­do­mini­ums and hotels. In con­trast, to the mod­ern shop­ping in empo­ri­ums, there is the fab­u­lous week­end mar­ket and night mar­ket. It is a shopper’s heaven with any­thing from name-brand lux­ury items, which of course knock offs, to fine local hand­i­crafts, antiques, and jewelery.

Beside that, Bangkok’s peo­ple are polite, easy­go­ing and friendly. It is easy to find deli­cious food with vari­ety choices, and this city has a rep­u­ta­tion of hav­ing the widest selec­tion of restau­rants in the world.

Bangkok never sleeps. Their some­thing to do 24 hours a day. If you are a back­packer, you can sit down at a café on Khao San Road at mid­night and have a meal there, if you want to clear your mind or stay awake, then you can shop at a 24 hours super mar­ket, you can find plenty of them in town.

For out­siders, it is a trop­i­cal metrop­o­lis, which is also one of the most traveler-friendly cities in Asia. The first thing that strikes new vis­i­tors is the oppres­sive heat, even though the traf­fic is heavy, because the unique of Bangkok, from your car, you can see exotic orchids and ven­dors offer­ing deli­cious fruit on the street.

Muay Thai or Thai kick box­ing is one of the very pop­u­lar sport among Thai peo­ple in Bangkok. The sport has spread to many other coun­tries around the world as well. Other coun­tries has its own unique fight­ing style, such as Karate in Japan, and Kung Fu in China. Muay Thai takes five rounds per match and three min­utes dura­tion. A match is decided by a knock­out or by points.

Well, there are just so many things to write about this amaz­ing city Bangkok, for many, rep­re­sents the quin­tes­sen­tial Asian cap­i­tal. Saffron-robed monks, gar­ish neon signs, grace­ful Thai archi­tec­ture, spicy dishes, col­or­ful mar­kets, traf­fic jams, and the trop­i­cal cli­mate come together in a happy coincidence.

No one leaves Bangkok with a mediocre and impres­sion — you either love or hate this place.