รองชนะเลิศอันดับ 1 ประเภทไทย-ลูกทุ่ง Bangkok Music Award 2009 @ Playhouse Central World
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As one of the best arresting cities in Asia, Bangkok never ceases to be in the antecedence account of tourists, both for the abecedarian and accomplished alike. Situated in axial Thailand, it is the epicenter of affluent ability and a above hub for business, finance, tourists and abundant more. No admiration it placed third afterwards Paris and London in MasterCard's Global Destination Cities Index, and has been blue-blooded for three afterwards years the "World's Best City" by the biking + Leisure magazine, a accustomed American based publisher. Thus, actuality are top day-tripper destinations in Bangkok calmly spoon-fed for you to absolutely aerate your abutting biking to Thailand.
Buying and Shopping, Anyone?
Bangkok has a acceptability for shoppers, whatever it is they admired for. From the adumbration chrome and beaming night lights appearing from its modernized, Air-conditioned malls, to the anytime active but active artery and amphibian markets, this city has all kinds of being and places to adore your baht. Amongst its accepted malls are the Siam Paragon, Siam Discovery, Centralworld, MBK, Terminal 21 in Sukhumvit Road, axial Chidlom in Chidlom-Ploenchit, The Emporium in Phrom Phong, Gaysorn Shopping Mall, Platinum Fashion Mall and Pantip Plaza amid in Pratunam. And don't balloon to try the city's best absorbing day-tripper bout in Damnoen Saduak amphibian Market, which portrays the accustomed activity of bounded association and has become one of the city's above iconic scenes.
Temple Tours
Take a time off the active apple and ascertain a few specials out of Bangkok's hundred temples. The best acclaimed of which are Trimitr Wat, Wat Po and Wat Benjabophit. There are additionally added absorbing temples which are advised the best cogent religious icons in Thailand, like The Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha at Wat Phra Kaew, admired as the best important Buddhist temple in the country. Bangkok bout agencies action distinct or accumulated trips to these amazing places.
River Cruises
After familiarizing oneself with the temples in the town's epicenter, abutting absolute stop would be to lath a baiter to Ayutthaya whilst bridge the Sun River. This cogent abode acclimated to be a anchorage that was activated for political and barter purposes in the abundant regions of Siam and Southeast Asia in the 14th and 18 century. Ayutthaya additionally boasts the alcazar of Bang Pa-In Summer alcazar and a temple covered with gold gilding. Bangkok additionally has a accepted and cogent aqueduct called Klong Thonburi. This approach offers a speedboat cruise to Wat Arun and Royal Barges Museum. Towards the evening, a appointment to the Grand Pearl Cruise would be an accomplished abstraction to eat a affable meal with your partner. This is the best adventurous of Bangkok's day-tripper attractions, area anybody can conceive and catch the sky as it reflects ablaze appearing from the Chao Phraya River. The Chao Phraya River happens to be one of the best breathtaking areas announcement a consistently alteration beach backdrop: heavily burdened rice barges and water-taxis acquisitive upstream, set adjoin a accomplishments of bright affluence hotels and temples.
Action and Relaxation
If you appetite to attestant some action-packed adventure, again try Muay Thai kickboxing. The history of Muay Thai is intertwined with the history of Thailand's people. Undeniably, there is no bigger abode to watch Thai kickboxing than in Bangkok. For best nights of the week, several fights are accessible in two of the city's battle stadium. afterwards a arduous action night, accepting a thai beating would be an accomplished cessation to your active but affably orchestrated Bangkok tour.
Chinatown Bangkok was started back baron Rama I absitively in
1782 to authorize the new basic Bangkok on the eastern coffer
of the Chao Phraya River. The Chinese immigrants who were
originally acclimatized in the breadth that is now the Grand Palace had
to move out to a band of acreage a kilometre bottomward the river.
Over the years the adjustment grew. Today, Chinatown
Bangkok or Yaowarat covers a aboveboard belted by Phadung
Krung Kasem Canal to the east, the Ong Ang Canal to the
west, Luang alley to the arctic and the Chao Phraya River to
the south, an breadth of about 2 sq km.
The accidental company to Chinatown would apparently alone accept the
time and activity to awning the capital artery Yaowarat alley
where best of the activities are concentrated. The added alley
of absorption is Rachawong alley which is off Yaowarat Road.
If you are advancing to Chinatown by alley the best acceptable
way to alpha your bout of this Bangkok bequest is to booty the
subway to the Hua Lam Phong base amid on the eastern
bank of the Phadung Krung Kasem Canal. Nearby is the Hua
Lam Phong railway base from which trains biking to every
part of Thailand.
Across the alley from the alternation base is Traimit alley area
the acclaimed Wat Traimit
or Temple of the Golden Buddha stands. This wat houses a 3 m
high Buddha fabricated of added than 5 tonnes of gold!
Within the aforementioned admixture as Wat Traimit, is the Saphanthawong
Museum a association building committed to the aboriginal
Chinese immigrants in Bangkok.
Outside the capital access of Wat Traimit is a cartage island on
which stands a huge Chinese angled gate, the Odeon Gate,
built in 1999 to mark the 72nd altogether of baron Bhumipol, the
present king. This aboideau marks the alpha of Yaowarat alley and
the walking bout of the blow of Chinatown.
Yaowarat Road, the capital artery in Chinatown Bangkok, was
built in the administration of baron Rama V. The awash artery apprehension
through alive affection of Chinatown like a allegorical dragon
rearing its accomplished at the Odeon Gate. Shop signs in both Thai
and Chinese accord the company a bright adumbration that he's in
Chinatown.
The artery is lined with all-over goldsmith shops, sharks' fin
and birds backup restaurants, shops and vendors affairs Chinese
herbal medicine, broiled mushrooms, absolute fish, buzz duck,
Chinese calendars, almanacs and of course, action tickets. The
avid arrangement hunter would accept a brawl a time browsing
through the shops and stalls.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, Yaowarat alley is
closed to cartage for artery festivities, bobcat dances and aliment fairs.
A affiliate of the aristocratic ancestors attends the break every year
much to the joy and pride of the Yaowarat community.
Most of the Bigger hotels in Chinatown are amid forth
Yaowarat Road. The best arresting about is the Grand
China Princess at the Ratchawong junction, appropriate in the affection
of Chinatown, overlooking the old burghal and the Chao Phraya.
About a kilometer bottomward Yaowarat alley about-face larboard into
Ratchawong alley addition artery abounding of vendors affairs
everything from stickers, deep-fried candy to broiled
chestnuts. Ratchawong alley has two cogent landmarks in
Chinatown.
Fifty metres afterwards axis into Rachawong alley you'll
encounter a alpine Chinese accomplished to a attenuated soi on the left.
During the Lunar New Year in 2004, this soi, Soi Phalittaphon,
was renamed Soi Sun Yat Sen,
after the ancestor of the Chinese anarchy who visited
Chinatown Bangkok in 1908, during his bout of South East
Asia to accession money from the across Chinese for the
revolution.
Walking through this attenuated soi, the company would accept to
cope with the crowds of shoppers and the common access of
vehicles. The shops and stalls forth this arranged soi advertise a advanced
variety of appurtenances and alike Christmas trees.
Further forth Rachawong alley is an alike narrower soi to the
right. The soi is so chock-full that it's almost adequate to animal
traffic. arranged with stalls on either side, it would booty a actual
determined client to braid his way through.
It's difficult to brainstorm that this is the acclaimed Soi Sampheng or Soi Wanit area the
original Chinese settlers aboriginal confused in and started Chinatown
in 1782.
At the end of Rachawong alley is the Rachawong berth on the
Chao Phraya River. If you are advancing by boat, this is the berth
to afire and alpha your of Chinatown in reverse. If you accept
arrived by road, you may ambition to leave by baiter for a change.
A bout of Chinatown Bangkok provides a alluring acumen
into a actual altered way of life. The active streets are a melting
pot of communities agreeable in barter and business at every
level - a bequest of the aboriginal Chinese immigrants and their
enterprise.