04/01/2024
Bangkok was one of the first places we traveled to together. Some people either love or hate it, but the city’s colorful, hectic, vibrant, and gritty energy and neighborhoods full of friendly people and secret bars makes it one of our favorite places to go back to. We spent our 3 days exploring the canals, visiting all the markets and wats (Buddhist temples), zipping around in their new electric tuktuks! and eating all the good food. (Last photo from our first trip almost 5 years ago!)
$100/day goes a long way in Bangkok, but our favorite ways to stay on budget were:
-Taking the boats to get around the Chao Phraya River. There are all kinds of tourist hop on and hop off boats, but the orange flag commuter boat was our favorite—it’s always an adventure and costs 15 baht ($0.44 USD) one way.
-Street food is our favorite kind of food and there is no shortage of it in Bangkok, all of it so affordable and tasty. Papaya salad, meat on sticks, yes please.
-even though many bars, malls and more modern restaurants accepted credit card, we found cash to be the main form of payment there. We usually withdraw cash from the ATM upon arrival to avoid high exchange rates (and with our Schwab debit card, we don’t have any withdrawal or ATM fees.)