BANGKOK First Impressions! 🇹🇭 First Time in Thailand - Bangkok Isn't What We Expected
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Hello Bangkok!! 👋 This is our first impression of Thailand as we start our travels in Bangkok. We are so excited to be here and to have the opportunity for the next few months to explore this amazing country. Being our first time here, we were honestly surprised by Bangkok! We had been warned by many of the chaos to expect when arriving here. But, we were surprised that not only were we not overwhelmed but instead fell in love with this amazing city. With so much to see and do, so much wonderful food to enjoy, and the people being so kind and welcoming - Bangkok is a must for everyone to visit.
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I got home to the UK two days ago and I'm still gutted I love Thailand my favourite country by far
The best country in southeast Asia ❤️
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Our first trip in Asia… 20 years ago !
We love Bangkok. We ate on the side streets with family for the whole trip, sitting down with them on small plastic chairs. Awesome food and experience.
My wife and I couldn’t stop buying fresh fruits, freshly cut in a plastic bag and came with a stick …
Breakfast? My job was to take a walk around our appartement, coming back with fried rice, eggs, sugar coated toasts in the bbq, veggies… Oh we now want to go back!
Almost forgot.. biggest regret, discovering the mango sticky rice way too late !
We have bags of fruit in our refrigerator now, and yes, we have discovered the mango sticky rice!! Thank you for watching, we will have a street food video out soon!
Cheers!!🍻
Thank you & Welcome to Thailand
I hope you enjoy with our food, culture, traditional, people. if u got inconvenient in as host we apologize for that
Welcome back all time ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Eating thai streets foods are way better then eating fast foods in USA.
Without question! Thai street food is better than a lot of restaurants in the US! 😄
@@BrianandCarrie thank you sir!!! Welcome to Thailand 🇹🇭 if you go to chiang mai there are so many veggies foods there. When you guys get there I will give the restaurants names.
I’m an American expat living in Bangkok for almost three years.
Excellent video. With very good and clear descriptions.
From my experiences if you are a foreigner. You won’t look out of place not wearing a mask. Anywhere. Including the BTS and MRT. Because the majority of foreigners do not wear masks anywhere here in Bangkok. Which I recommend wearing at least on public transportation because it can get very crowded. The majority of Thais do wear masks on public transportation
Ari district is very nice. It’s more of a type of upscale area here in Bangkok.
Hi, Mike! Thank you for the kind words. Mask wearing for whatever reason has become a hot topic, and we choose to when on public transportation. Especially as a tourist out of respect for others that also choose to. However, if you choose not to, that's ok as well. We loved the Ari district and plan on staying there again next time in Bangkok!! Thank you again for the comments and for supporting our channel!
Cheers!!🍻
I really love the way you use Thai traditional music as background. 👍 Welcome to Thailand. Hope you have great time here. 😊🙏🇹🇭
Thank you, Krist. We really enjoyed Bangkok and looking forward to the rest of our time here. Thank you again!
Cheers!!🍻
We are so excited to be in Thailand and look forward to the next month of exploring. If you have any suggestions of other areas of Thailand we should visit, please let us know in the comments below. Thanks so much for watching!!
Ao nang in krabi
Enjoy and take care
Krabi. Is a beautiful province , I would like to suggest you visit
But I like culture the westernners.bcuz no more masks eveyone show the faces.we can see each other.But if you're in Asia the situation about virus still stay with you all around we have patients a lot in the hospitals.but we need to live with them till we never know when come to the end.Thai people they don't need to get the virus to their family.we thought we have to responsible our fam.
Kamala Beach and the areas to the north of Patong in Phuket, maybe.
Great video guys! 👏 It was so nice to meet you both in Bangkok! Looking forward to your next vlog 🤗🤙
Thanks!! It was great to meet you both as well. Hopefully our paths will cross again soon. Safe travels 😊
Welcome to my district !! Ari is pronounced "Ar - Ree" with a long vowel sound :) I have no clue why they spell it "Ari".. but that would do. Enjoy your stay in Bangkok !
Thank you! We loved our stay in Bangkok and staying in the Ari district. We highly recommend it that area stay to anyone coming to Bangkok. Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you, Brian and Carrie for another well planned video. So happy to see you are adapting so well to South Easy Asia.
We are adapting very well!! Loving the warm weather, food and the people are so kind! Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!🍻
Congrats on a great first video from Thailand! Your comments are bang on with respect to affordability. We are in Malaysia for a few weeks but looking forward to Chiang Mai at the end of January. Loving SE Asia!
Welcome to Thailand! Thank you so much for mentioning about mask wearing on public transportation. Too many tourists are not wearing them on the trains and it makes we locals feel they don't care about our well-being.
Enjoy your stay in the Land of Smiles!
Thank you, we are so excited to be here and explore your beautiful country. We have very much appreciated how welcoming and kind everyone has been. 😊
Hi Khun Pongpet. Your comment regarding masks on the BTS is a little off - and so is Brian’s comment during the video. As at the date of this video (January 14, 2023) masks are NOT required on the BTS. This has been looked into exhaustively by the expat community and the English announcement on the BTS is an accurate translation - masks are RECOMMENDED on the BTS in accordance with GUIDANCE. (BTS is a private company and is free to adopt a mask requirement as part of its terms & conditions; however, it has chosen not to do so - probably because it would be inconsistent with government laws at the moment - which were changed in July 2022 - to not require masks anywhere, including on public transport and in shopping malls).
The foreigners not wearing masks on the BTS are generally NOT tourists, they are expats. Tourists aren’t aware of the legal situation in Thailand and so generally wear masks out of ignorance or as some kind of virtue signalling. The foreigners not wearing masks on the BTS are generally expats, who are better informed about the legal position.
There is another question, of course, aside from the legal rules as to whether foreigners should wear masks out of social conformity or concern for the views of Thai people. I will make four comments about that:
(1) By 2023, most Thai people wearing masks are not doing so because they are concerned about Covid but out of social conformity and as a matter of social pressure / not rocking the boat.
(2) Foreigners are not members of Thai society and accordingly, it is not surprising that they do not feel subject to social pressure that applies only to Thais.
(3) You will notice that, over the past few months, increasing numbers of younger Thais are not wearing masks on the BTS or indeed elsewhere - particularly in the evenings and particularly in nightlife areas. This is particularly so amongst more affluent young Thais who have had the opportunity to travel outside Thailand in recent years and realised that the rest of the world is not wearing masks. Those Thais clinging to masks by now are generally the less well-educated and less well-off who have not been outside Thailand since 2020 (or indeed, ever).
(4) I have had Thai people say to me “please DON’T wear a mask; you need to set an example and we need to wean Thai people off their fear and mask addiction because otherwise, when will it ever end?”
Sorry to inject a note of realism. Brian and Carrie, I hope you enjoy your time in the country.
Thank you for posting this, Geoffrey. If you go back and watch the video, you will see that I said highly "recommended" which is a quote from the announcement on the train. Up here in Chaing Mai, there are fewer masks being used by locals and tourists than in Bangkok. We also understand that masks are not just used to prevent illness. Again, thank you for posting your opinions!!
Cheers!!🍻
@@geoffreyhills4978thanks so much for clearing that up I've been planning my own trip and I'm from the US where that mask thing has finally fully died off and I was not looking forward to having to go back into that unwanted lifestyle again lol so glad it's not required in Thailand and now I cannot wait to visit
Welcome to Thailand... I'd like to recommend you to go to visit Thailand's highest tower : King Power Mahanakhon at 78th floor to see panoramic view skywalk with one of the fastest elevators in the world and walking around downtown Ratchaprasong to shopping with 9 famous shopping malls. If you have time the night scene is a must Find the experience with your dinner at Alangka Cruise Dinner Buffet on the Chao Praya river. Enjoy and have fun.
Thank you so much for the recommendations ❤️
Before this video, I wasn’t sure about visiting that city, but now I have changed my mind, thank you so much for sharing.
BTW Carie, I would love to hear how you stay in shape eating in all the different countries, I’m straggling with that 🤦🏻♀️
We were hesitant for so long, but now so happy we took the leap. So far we are loving it and excited for the many months ahead to explore. Keeping trim while on the road isn't easy, that's for sure. No matter where we are I love a workout routine and try to improvise where needed. For instance our place in Croatia was in a building with 18th flights of stairs. That was my workout each morning, doing 3 sets. Thankfully here in Chiang Mai we have a gym in our building, so we plan to use that daily to work off the amazing food were eating every day 😊
I'm looking forward to have you in Thailand, Welcome!!!
I hopped on my Peloton and your video was so amazing, I'd gone 6 miles by the time it ended! And if I can say, you both seem so relaxed, I hope the Thai culture suits you both. And Carrie has a Tatt!!! Who knew. Very nice! As always, we wish you both were "our" personal tour guides, well, you are, sort of. Such fun! Please spill the beans and tell us if apartments in Bangkok are as cheap as everyone says!!!
Thank you - we're so happy you enjoyed it! We do know it shows in our videos if we are really excited and love a place we filmed in. I'm so happy that it comes through in this video as we are LOVING it here so far. We found the pricing in Bangkok a bit more than where we are in Chiang Mai, but we expected that coming in as it was the "big city". We will be doing our Thailand costs breakdown after stays in a few places, so that will be interesting in the end to see how it adds up in the end. Thanks again for watching :)
All Thai people wish you all happiness. and enjoy traveling in Thailand Have memories and good times. Take care of yourself and be careful about travel safety.
Thank you so much! We are having an amazing time in your beautiful country!!
Cheers!!🍻
You're going to LOVE Chiang Mai, great Bangkok overview!
Thank you, John! We just arrived in Chiang Mai and are really excited to be here.
Cheers!!🍻
Hi Brian and Carrie! In your video you mentioned your next stop is going to be Chiang Mai. My wife and I have been in Chiang Mai a little over a week. We think you will love it here. One little restaurant we recommend is called Gord Chiang Mai Kitchen. It’s in a beautiful setting, the food is great and very reasonably priced. Highly recommend!
This is awesome, thank you! We are loving it so far 😊, so quiet and peaceful in comparison to the bigger city. We will for sure give this place a try, thanks for the recommendation.
Watching this made me really hungry! I can't wait to go to Thailand and try all the food myself!
Hi guys!! Our next video is all about the food here in Chaing Mai. You will really need to come and try it all, there's so much to choose from. 😀
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What an amazing market and area to spend the day. Food looked fresh and the drinks did look interesting, one that I would love to try. Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Jamie for watching. We loved our time in Bangkok and excited to start our Chaing Mai adventure. We just arrived yesterday, and we are liking what we see so far.
Cheers!!🍻
I am Indonesian and I love BKK. Good food, safe and easy to travel around! And the shops.. gosh! Thank you for the video both of you. You both are such a lovely couple ❤
Thank you, Dev We will be visiting Indonesia next year!! Thank you for watching and commenting!
I have always wanted to go to Thailand. Thanks for sharing your travels
Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!🍻
Great video! I’m so looking forward to going to Thailand next year. I would love to see y’all do a video from Koh Sumui, Thailand. Have a great time!
Bangkok so easy to travel around, good transport and cheap and all the areas around Bangkok so easy to navigate and see different neighbourhoods. As well as most of the lovely Thais speak English. You tuber Paddy Doyle has some great vlogs as well on SE Asia. Those bamboo worms cooked up are ok, dip them in chilli sauce and crunchy 😅
This was exactly what we found as well. We loved our time in Bangkok and highly recommend every one visit 😊
Wat Pho is an old temple south of the Grand Palace. It is also known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha built by King Rama III in 1832. The King also decreed that traditional Thai massage and traditional medicine be inscribed on stone tablets to deseminate the knowledge to the general public. The famous Thai spa and massage are believed to originate from such stone inscription. King Rama III was also known as Merchant Prince because when he was still a prince he conducted trade with China and asked the ship captain to bring back stone sculptures such as Chinese deities, mythical beasts as stabilizing balance in the ship's belly. These stone sculptures are now commonly seen at Wat Pho, Wat Arun and the Grand Palance. When President Obama had only one day to tour a Thai temple, US Embassy recommended this temple due to its unique architecture, history and beautiful reclining Buddha.
Nice start to the SE Asia trip and glad to note that you are doing good and enjoying it. The videos of the temple brings back memories of my trip in 2017. Will definitely visit one more time as more to see in Thailand. Have Fun. Cheers!
We are loving it so far and are excited to have so many months here to explore. The temples are so beautiful and so different than anything we have ever seen. Cheers 🍻
สิ่งเริ่มแรกของการมาเที่ยวไทย สำรวจสถานที่พัก ที่ท่องเที่ยว ที่กิน ยานพาหนะที่ใช้ในการเดินทาง งบทึ่ใช้ในการทำกิจกรรมในแต่ละวัน สถานที่พักและทึ่ท่องเที่ยวหาได้ใน google ส่วนที่กินควรสำรวจด้วยตัวเองว่าอันไหนที่น่าสนใจและลองซื้อรับประทานดู ถ้าชอบก็จำไว้ วันหลังก็หาทานได้ ยานพาหนะก็ให้สำรวจดูว่าอย่างไหนสะดวกและเหมาะกับตนเอง. ในเมืองไทยมีสถานที่ท่องเทึ่ยวมากมาย ถ้าเป็นกรุงเทพฯ แนะนำให้ไปวัดในชุมชนแต่ละแห่งดู เพราะวัดจะเป็นสถานที่สวยงาม สงบและศักดิ์สิทธ์ ของคนไทย ตลาดยามเช้า ตลาดช่วงบ่าย ของแต่ละชุมชน สวนสาธารณะของเขตและเขต ร้านอาหารเล็กๆริมทาง ห้างสรรพสินค้าบ้างเป็นบางแห่ง ร้านขายผลิตภัณฑ์ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นอาหาร ขนมของกินเล่น หรือของใช้ทั่วไป ตลาดนัดตามสถานที่ต่างๆ ลองหาใน google ดู คิดว่าคงหาไม่ยาก เพราะมีเยอะมาก ส่วนถ้าเป็นต่างจังหวัดก็คล้ายๆ กัน เพียงแต่ต่างจังหวัดจะเน้นไปทางสถานที่ท่องเที่ยวมากกว่า ถ้าอยากจะหาอาหารพื้นถิ่น สามารถถามคนในท้องที่ได้ว่าควรหารับประทานได้ที่ไหน.ยังไงก็ควรจะมีการวางแผนล่วงหน้าไว้ก่อนก็ดี จะได้เที่ยวได้แบบไร้ความกังวลหรือกังวลได้น้อยที่สุด
Thank you so much for all the great recommendations - we are excited to be here and explore all we can.
Welcome 🙏 to Thailand 🇹🇭👫🌺💐🌷🙏👍🏖
Thank you ☺️
Welcome to Thailand 🇹🇭
Hope you enjoy and have a great time here
Thanks for your visiting our country
We love you ❤
Thank you, Jikkie! We are loving Thailand!
Welcome to marble temple, the temple that King Rama 5 ,beloved king of Thais, ordered to build to be place for peace of mind and talking Dhamma with Buddhist monks because when he was free time, he will come to this place. In this temple, there was one beautiful house situated in the central of the temple, called “prakuti” which he used to stayed here for 15 day when he was a monk before he ascended to the throne.
My daughter-in-law is from Chiang Mai. I can't wait to see it from your perspective.
Thank you very much guys ! I watched your video about the medical check up : love it. Are you planning on staying to Thailand for long term? Did you use to be in Portugal?
Anyway, let us know if Thailand is a better place to live or retire.
Once again thank you very much!
We are here for 45 days and will return next month for another 30 days, we really enjoy Thailand. We spent a couple of months last year in Portugal and loved it as well. Thank you for watching our channel!
I’m so excited for your new series👏🏻👏🏻👍 While Thailand isn’t high on my list, I melt in hot, humid weather, I’m hopeful your adventures will make me brave enough to visit😂 Thank you friends🙏✌️ Safe travels🍻
We are really excited to be here!! We think we may be acclimated to warm weather because it hasn't been too bad. We have arrived in Chaing Mai, and it is only about 80 and not humid at all. Bangkok, however, was about 75% humidity. Thank you for watching!❤
Cheers!!🍻
High point of each month is seeing where Brian gets his haircut.
Haha - it's always a fun experience to see what each new location brings 😂.
Nice Vid, have spent quite a bit of time in Bangkok and Thailand in general. China town was too crowded for me. If you get a chance go to Tawandang German Brewery. Great food and a show you'll love it. May have to slip a few baht to get a good seat downstairs.
China town was quite busy, but so fun to walk through for the day. Thanks for the heads up on the German brewery, we will check that out next time we are in Bangkok. Thanks for watching!
Great video! We just got here a few days ago and we are loving it so far. Going to chatuchak market tomorrow!
Thank you, Joe, hope the video was helpful. Safe travels.
Cheers!!🍻
My husband agrees-bring back the Sonics! Looks like the market was fun!
YES!! Bring back our Sonics, please!! 😆 Thank you for watching!
Cheers!!🍻
Great video! Really enjoy it. Thank you for visiting Thailand, hope this will not be your last trip to this country. 👍
Hi, Jan we will be in SE Asia for 5 months. We plan to go to Vietnam in February before returning to Thailand. Thank you for watching!
Cheers!!🍻
Fantastic! You two are living a dream most will never experience, enjoy! And nice hair cut Brian 😜👍, cheers 🍻
Thank you, El Ricko!
Enjoyed your video brought back many memories of our weeks in this city
Thank you for watching, Joan!
Cheers!!🍻
Hi Brian and Carrie, so excited to see you traveling again! Are you going to be eating out more in Thailand over cooking? It seems it is cheaper than European prices. 😊
We will be eating out much more while in SE Asia. We will be doing a street food video in the VERY near future. 😀
OMG that place is fookn gorgous and amazing looking!! And yes, BUY THE ELEPHANT PANTS! Love you both!🐘🦣😘❤
It is absolutely beautiful here, we're loving it! And the food 😍. I got a elephant skirt already and Brian isn't far behind on the pants. How do you pass up a $4 cute skirt? Love you both ❤️❤️
New subscriber. Enjoyed the vlog and especially the prices you provided.
Thank you! We are just getting started here in SE Asia. Glad that you are joining us!
Cheers!!🍻
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Welcome to Thailand, although my country's weather is too hot but our heart are warm. Thank you to select my country as your destination.
We can handle the heat if the people are friendly and we have found the people of Thailand are amazingly kind. Thank you for welcoming us to your country.
Cheers!!🍻
When you go back to Europe you might consider going to Turkey. Transport costs actually seem less than Thailand and food might be cheaper or on par. Lodging is probably more expensive in Turkey though.
Turkey is definitely high on our list! I do believe the housing will be a bit higher but the food costs look so similar. Thanks for watching!
Welcome to Thailand, hope you enjoyed in our country. I’m looking forward to see your another vlog ❤❤
We are very much enjoying Thailand. Thank you for making us feel welcome! ❤
Cheers!!🍻
welcoming to Thailand 😍😍😍
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Thank you!!♥♥
Great to see you in Thailand. A bucket list place for me to be sure. I am anxious to see where you go. I had always thought of Thailand as a more beach destination. The City scenes are changing that view! Couldn't convince Carrie (even with the dare!) to eat bugs on sticks! Funny! The markets look overwhelming. Food selection I wouldn't know where to start! Brian needs that haircut! Whoa, he's a hippy! Glad to see that got addressed! Always fun with a language barrier! How did you choose the restaurant? Did you have a guidebook, or a google search of places nearby? How long are you in Bangkok? Seeing plenty of Carrie's ink that I have not noticed before. As always informative and interesting. A good overview of the places you have explored in Bangkok. Safe travels and enjoy.
Hi, Robert. We were in Bangkok for 8 days before we moved to Chaing Mai, another non-beach town. The district we are staying in has great street food and restaurants to choose from. We usually google the place that looks interesting and read the reviews. We will be hitting the beaches of Thailand, but we will spend a month in Vietnam first. And yes, I was desperate for a haircut!!! Thank you for supporting us!!
Cheers!!!🍻
Nice to see you again Brian and Carrie!
Nice video and btw, nice haircut Brian!
Cheers 🍻
Thank you!! 😅
You guys have inspired us to get started travelling. One question we have about the AirBnB lodging. Do you look for or have you encountered any hidden cameras?
We haven't found any yet! 😀
Great video! Best advice I ever got from a well traveled friend - if you’re looking for a fun spot to hang out just find the Irish pub!
That is great advice!! We may use that quote the next time we see an Irish pub!! 😀
Cheers!!🍻
Loved watching this! We head to Thailand at the end of February for a month, so look forward to following your journey to see the 'must dos'. We had a 1 day taster in Pattaya when one of our cruises stopped in - loved it and can't wait to get back there!
Thank you for following us Al and Deb! We are really enjoying our time here. Safe travels!!
Cheers!!!🍻
While you’re in the region be sure to visit luang Prabang and Vang Vien Laos. You can fly from Chiangmai. It’s cheap and I liked it more than most of Thailand.
Also Siem Reap in particular the smaller temples in addition to the Unesco site. Phnom Penh has the Killing Fields:Unforgettable and sad .
Bagan in Myanmar is worth a visit. Mae Salong, Krabi, Koh Chang are decent here in Thailand. Don’t worry about the masks that 99% of Thais wear in the north. It’s out of ignorance and fear.
Thank you, Steven, for the tips. We won't make it to Siem Reap on this trip but plan on coming back this time next year. We do plan on getting to Krabi and a few other places later this spring. Thank you again!
Cheers!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie Last year was a big exception but normally the air in Thailand is terrible starting Late January and lasting until rain season starts in early May. Thais like to burn everything especially during burn season. Its a favorite subject among expats. At times the pm 2.5 measurement makes it the worst air in the world. Its not just Thailand its all SE Asia except perhaps the coast of Vietnam (eg Da Nang) where they can get offshore winds. It’s still decent here now because it’s still cool but next month it normally turns miserable.
We are heading to Mexico and on to Turkey and Europe mid February.
We actually planned our visit around burn season. We will be here a couple more weeks before heading ti the coast of Veitnam then down tom southern Thailand and Maylasia. We will be heading to Mexico early fall this year!!
@@BrianandCarrie glad to hear it. I’ll stay tuned. I travelled Mexico for 3 months last year with my Spanish speaking daughter. Sure liked it and had all good experiences staying at AirBnB’s 10 days at a time. Car rentals are pretty cheap but they do a little trick with the insurance that is costly.
Loved this video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for watching 😊
Hello Carrie and Brian, we have been following you guys "almost" religiously ;-) since your travels in Portugal, and needless to say, We adore both of you for your Simplicity, being Raw (not pretentious) and above all, for being so informative in practical terms for everyday Joe & Jane. I have lived in many parts of our beautiful planet, including 3 years in Southeast Asia (mainly Malaysia, and Philippines) so, you two are up for a treat with jungle-like gorgeous greenery and cheap food if you don't mind the humidity that is. ;-) But watch out for blood sucking leeches everywhere if you get into rivers, dense greens, etc. By the way, the next time you decide to head to Lagos, let me know, cuz we would love to host two of you as our guests in our little villa, and Yes, we Do Serve Beeeeeeeeer! 🙂
Hi, Ali! We would love to head back to Lagos sometime soon, we love the area. We also love Thailand and planning the rest of our trip. We may be heading to Malaysia for the months of April and May. We are not exactly sure where yet but that's the plan. Thank you for the comments and for watching our channel. We really appreciate the support!
Cheers!!🍻
Welcome to Thailand !!! Hopefully both of you have a good times here ! God bless you all ! Good luck.
Thank you so much, we are so happy to be here ❤️
Hi guys I know this is going back a bit but just wondering how long you were in Bangkok and if you would recommend the Ari area. We will be in Bangkok for one week and want to have a little bit of night life (early nightlife 😂) but not the lady boy shows or anything like that. We also like markets and local Thai food. If you like your accommodation would you be happy to share details?
We would recommend the Ari area. It is close to the sky tram which is easy to use. You can get anywhere you need to go from that area.
Hope you are having a good time in Thailand. :)
We are loving Thailand 😊. Thank you for watching.
Did you need to show any next destination or return home tickets when you landed in Thailand? I'm hearing different things from different channels
Hi, Joshua. We had read that we needed an out going ticket while on arrival. We were all prepared with the information and all they were asking for was passport and boarding ticket from the flight you just arrived on. That was just our experience, better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for watching and safe travels!
Cheers 🍻
Welcome to my Mother land hope you guys have a nice trip.
Thank you so much, Thailand is a beautiful country with wonderful people 😊
Thailand is a developing country that dares to implement a metro system, not by govt but by a private enterprise under build-operate-transfer basis. When a housing developer Tanayong group proposed to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BKK city govt) to build an electric skytrain linking the major nothern/eastern provincial bus terminal into the city center itself about 30 years ago, local and expatriates were skeptical because previously HK Hopewell and Canadian Lavalin had proposed such project in Bangkok to the national govt but failed hopelessly to complete the project. In the case of Lavalin, only about 1-2% was completed while Hopewell did a little better upto 5% before both concessionaires abandoned the project. However, Bangkok governor at the time did not listen to experts' advices and granted Tanayong concession to carry out the project. Tanayong managed to borrow enough funds from local and overseas banks to build the civil structure running above the main roads, thus did not have to pay any land expropriation fee. When the civil structure was completed, Tanayong bought train and signal system from German Siemens as well as contracting Siemens to help run the system for 10 years. The first year it official opened was about 22 years ago. Even then, some Thai and expatriates still voiced doubts whether the metro could earn enough revenue to cover the running costs as well as earning profits to pay off principals and interests as the first year's ridership was not great barely covering only the operating costs. However, within 5 years the skytrain (Bangkok Transport System or BTS) turned profitable and after 22 years, the BTS is earning huge profit and has long paid off all debts. When the national govt saw BTS success, it also planned its own MRT (Mass Rail Transit) systems, covering more lines (at least 10 now). However, since some lines are run underground and some above ground, no private companies dared to do the same as Tanayong (now renamed BTS Group) as the civil construction is very expensive. So the national govt established MRT to design the lines and tender civil constructions using govt budget. Once civil construction is completed, MRT tenders bids for private operators to secure the train system as well as running them under concessions. Bangkok is now covered by BTS/MRT systems more than 200 kms altogether.
Thank you Kamol for all the great information that you are adding to the channel! We really appreciate the time and effort!
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At 8:57 Grass jelly, also known as leaf jelly or herb jelly, is a jelly-like dessert eaten in East and Southeast Asia. It is created by using Chinese mesona (a member of the mint family) and has a mild, . . . . . . . . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_jelly • • •
Aww...very interesting. Thank you for sharing, we had no idea! 😆
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ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ประเทศไทยครับ ขอให้เที่ยวให้สนุกมากๆนะครับ
Thank you, Arisa!
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Thanks for your video! I had a summer internship in Bangkok in ‘96. I miss the street food!
We are really enjoying the food!! Thank you for watching!!
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Good to see your new vlogs. How is the weather there ? Is it humid and sultry ? When we were in Cambodia during Dec timeframe way back it was too hot and humid. Have fun in Thailand. Cheers 👍
The weather in Bangkok was in the low 90s and quite humid on most days. We didn't mind it as though because we were coming from cold and rain ;)
great video guys.Thailand is on our bucket list
Thank you! We are loving it so far ❤️
Welcome to Thailand, sadly you decide not to visit The Grand palace. You missed the good part of history and architecture wonder. Please stop by if you're not enjoying it. I will give you the money back for your entrance fee. Don't listen to haggling at the front...like today's closed, take our sightseeing tour instead or river tours. There's a lot of public transportation for cheap. Enjoy your Northern cities.
We will return for more Bangkok adventures soon! Thank you for the information and for watching our channel.
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Ciao ! i, I really like your videos, I'm a lover of Asia ,Thailand and Vietnam in especially I like your videos for many reasons but please, please, speak slower, speake speak more slower, not all your followers are native English speakers, not all of your followers ( maybe ) have a good English, Please you think also too who have poor english And think too who are no longer very young.but love travel, love to know , love your videos . Grazie ciao from italy
Thank you for watching our channel! If you click on the CC on the bottom of the screen you can read what we are saying. Hopefully that will make it a bit easier for you. We plan on Italy sometime late next year!! ❤
Interesting, I have watched your channel for about a year now and finally subscribed, but your views are twice your subscriber base! Maybe you need to say, within the first 30 seconds, "hit that subscriber button!".
Hello and thank you for subscribing to our channel!! We used to ask for subs but have decided to get away from asking verbally. Now that we are in a new destination we may ask at the end of an upcoming video. We do ask on the screen a couple times in the video. There is a lot of research that has been done on this topic and most "RUclips experts" say that you should not ask until the end of your video. We really don't know if there is a right or wrong way to do it but know that our videos need to be good to get subscribers. As far as our viewer-to-subscriber ratio you want to have about 70 to 80% new viewers to have your channel continue to grow. Again, thank you for watching and subscribing!!! 😀
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No jery it callเฉาก๊วยทำมาจากต้นเฉาก๊ยวแห้งไปต้มแล้วผสมแป้งมันพอเย็นจะแข็งตัวมีสรรพคุณแก้ร้อนใน
Thank you, Arunsri! Good to know.
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Welcome to Thailand 🇹🇭 😊
Thank you! We are loving our time here!
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Welcome to Thailand 🇹🇭 ❤
Thank you so much!!
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Brilliant video. Thank you. It looks stunning!
Thank you, we're loving it so far.
at Chatuchak - grass jelly is herb
Ari is great. Make sure to see queen sirikit park.
This season in Thailand is suitable for traveling in the north. If you like the sea, go to the east, don't go to the south because it rains often during monsoons.
We have just arrived in Chaing Mai and will be visiting for a month before heading to Vietnam. Thank you for the tips!
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Bangkok wasn't on my must see list, but now it is. It looks like a lot of visual feast and affordable touring.
Bangkok has so many things to see and do. You could spend a month there and find something new every day.
Lol , I’ve only seen four videos, and every time you have a mango smoothie :) they must be amazing!
She loves those mango smoothies!!😆Thank you for watching our channel!!
We were there in November 2019. We spent a lot more money, we did a 19 day small group (13) of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. We try to travel about 6 months of each year.
Wear a mask to protect other people.
Welcome to Thailand. Your musical selections are nice superior
Thank you so much for watching - we are so happy to be here and to have the opportunity to explore this beautiful country.
You shouldn’t miss the “Temple of the Emerald Buddha”, to me that’s the most beautiful Buddhist temple here.
We did miss it, unfortunately. There are so many places to see in Bangkok, we may have to return someday soon. Thank you for watching!!
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@@BrianandCarriei was about to say the same thing. That was a big miss really. Hope you can go there again to see the temple. Have a great time in Thailand na ka. 😊
Brian makes me laugh. Chang mai is somewhere I have wanted to visit too. Can’t wait to see that video as well
HA!! 😀 Thank you. We just arrived in Chiang Mai and really enjoying it so far.
I highly recommend Chatuchak Market. Wednesday and Thursday is the plant and flower market. The atmosphere is different from Saturday and Sunday.🌺🌸🌼🌼🌻🪷🌹🌴🌵
They call Soi Ari ( R Ri)
I can't put my finger on it, but I think that you need to look into your audio. Sometimes, it is not the very best and distracts.
Yes, we tried to cancel the background noise in post production and failed. 🙄 lesson learned! We won't be trying that again. Thank you for letting us know and watching our channel.
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SONICS 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀😁🥃
2:48 eating and drinking is not allowed on the Sky Train or MRT in Bangkok.
Good to know, thank you 😊
Welcome to Thailand...if need help drop your request here. Enjoy trip
Great vid
Enjoyed your video. You are curious and explore but also very respectful of local culture.
Thank you! We very much enjoyed Bangkok and can see staying a few days when we return to SE Asia in early 2024.
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Masks ain’t required,they’re advised.
That's what we said. "Highly recommended" thanks for watching.
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My husband and I watch a lot of youtube and have never subscribed or liked. You are the first!! You inspired me to convince my husband to travel to Thailand. We have NEVER flown that far, coming from the US (NY) and have never traveled longer than 2 weeks. Well......we are going for 28 days, in/out of Bangkok. Now I'm tasked with coming up with a economical itinerary. Any advice? I know it costs more to change locations. Chiang Mai and Koh Samui are on the list. We have watched all your Thailand videos.
Hi Rebecca! Thank you that makes us so happy to hear ☺️.
How exciting, we really loved Thailand and plan to come back next year. It does cost more to hop more often but it's somewhat necessary to see the country. Chiang Mai was still one of our favorites and the flight there from Bangkok was easy and affordable on Air Asia. Flying to Koh Samui is a bit more and could really add up if you're only planning to go for a week, for us being there a month was easier to swallow. Phuket (Kamala Beach was our favorite) was also great and typically a cheaper place to hop. Bangkok surprised us how much we really enjoyed it, so much great food and plenty to see and do. Safe travels ☺️ and thanks so much for watching.
@@BrianandCarrie please remind me which video you discussed vaccinations. It’s a challenge try to go back and find. Thanks!!
Yes, it is 16 things to know before you go. Here is the link. 😁
ruclips.net/video/29-w_C_sZ9Q/видео.html
Welcome.
Loved this video, and I'm looking forward to the Chang Mai episode. I'd really like to see you eating insects at some point, though. ;)
We will do a food tour video and see what bugs we can find that we are willing to try. 😜
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@@BrianandCarrie awesome! Can't wait! :)
Rock Paper Scissors, winner gets to choose a bug for the loser to eat 😂
It should pronounce "WAT PO" Brian and Carrie
Ive never heard of the Ari area - is it near Sukumvet street?
Hi, Jeffrey. Ari is about 5 sky train stops from Sukumvet street.
Thank you from Thai people🙏
Thank you for watching our channel, Nat! We loved Bangkok and really enjoying our time here in Chiang Mai.
🐛🐜🐝Carrie's Lunch
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Welcome to Thailand. :)
Thank you - we are so happy to be here 😊
Tips : it is common to use umbrella in Thailand on hot sunny day.