Day: March 12, 2018

Visit Bangkok Canal Tour Attractions

Visit Bangkok Canal Tour Attractions Riding a long tail boat is a bit of an adventure in itself the distinct narrow, beautifully crafted wooden hull is powered by the famous long tail engine basically a car engine with a propeller shaft attached. The long tails were made famous by the chase sequences in the James Bond flick The Man With The Golden Gun, and they can shift when the boatman opens up the throttle. To enter the longs, you pass through a lock which was build to prevent the houses along the canals flooding when the main river rises during the river season. Once through there and sometimes it can take 15 minutes of waiting or so you enter into the network of canals proper. It’s worth having your camera ready from the start, because lining the canals are all manner of houses from the most dilapidated to the impressively grand, all cheek by jowl with one another. The canals are quite narrow only about 20 feet across so there’s a lot to take in. Along the way, there are numerous temples, shrines, restaurants and schools and you’ll see the locals going about their day. There’s one enterprising lady who is a one-woman floating market, waiting in her little boat for visitors to come along to buy some trinkets. She’s very friendly and speaks excellent English. There’s also mobile food vendors, who have their charcoal grill rigged up in the boat itself and are busy cooking up delicious chicken kebabs whilst paddling around the longs with admirable dexterity. You’ll inevitably see kids messing around on the water’s edge and taking a swim they give a cheery wave when you go by and usually try and compete over who can push the other one in the water first too. Click Here : – Visit Bangkok Canal Tour Attractions

Soak in Serenity at Khao Chi Chan(Buddha Mountain) in Pattaya

Soak in Serenity at Khao Chi Chan(Buddha Mountain) in Pattaya A river cruise along the incredible Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand, and a few trenches on the Thon Buri side is the loveliest approach to explore the city that was once named “Venice of the East”. The glorious appeal of the Chao Phraya adds a viewpoint to your exploration of the city’s head attractions.Visitors can book slots through various travel specialists or can even rent a vessel at Tha Chang, a pier close to the Grand Palace. At the point when the capital of Thailand was moved to Bangkok in 1782, trenches were the prime medium that connected the capital with the rest for the places, thus, earning the title ‘Venice of the East’ by European visitors. Nowadays, despite the fact that Bangkok has turned into an advanced city, the Chao Phraya River and the channels are yet a beguiling option for tourists in search of exploring the true Bangkok. Best Time: Throughout the year, however, the afternoon is the best time of the day for a river cruise. If you wish to go for night river cruise, you can opt for a dinner river cruise that provides you with good food and a good time. Location: 2.5-hour long cruise along the Chao Phraya River. Things to keep in mind: Visitors are provided with the option of choosing from river cruise and dinner cruise, the timings for both are different. Thus, if you wish to avail just the river cruise make sure you know about the timings as the latter is usually conducted at nights. Also, owing to its popular demand the cruises are populated with overwhelming crowds – ensure that you reach earlier than the time slot so as to enjoy a hurdle free cruising experience. Click Here: – Soak in Serenity at Khao Chi Chan(Buddha Mountain) in Pattaya

Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm

Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm The Million Years Stone Park is a rather bizarre attraction featuring unusual rock formations coupled with exciting animal shows. Specializing in the ancient, as the name suggests, the top exhibits include fossilized trees and the closest genetic relatives to prehistoric monsters: crocodiles. The 30-hectare (70 acres) park is located in a quiet village just off the main highway to Bangkok, where it has been since February 1992. It was founded by a local businessman with a love of nature and a large collection of unusual natural objects, including stratified rocks and Thai-style trained trees (which are a little like Japanese Bonsai tree, but bigger). This collection makes up roughly half of the park’s area, which is laid out as a very pleasant landscaped park. It is a peaceful place, good for enjoying at a leisurely pace and for taking photos with usual backdrops. Sadly, there are no information boards in the park, so those with an interest in geology will not be able to learn much from the fascinating displays. The other half of the park is the crocodile farm and zoo. It is important to note that this is a zoo by the eastern definition. Unlike a western-style zoo, where the focus is on conservation and recreating natural environments, the animals in the Million Years Stone Park can be quite closely interacted with. You can feed the crocodiles with a chicken on a fishing pole (for 100 baht per chicken), give bananas to the giraffes (50 baht), among other attractions which western visitors might find distasteful. There are also eight daily crocodile shows, featuring handlers defying serious injury by teasing and playing with the crocs. It is also important to note that the crocodile farm is a farm and not a zoo. The very large Siamese crocodiles are technically livestock, not exhibits, which is why you will find them on the menu at the park’s main restaurant. Available dishes include crocodile steak, crocodile egg omelette with crocodile meat and fried crocodile spare ribs with garlic and pepper. Click Here : – Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm