Last week Tuesday when I flew back from Surat Thani Airport after being on Koh Samui Island for almost a week I arrived back at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport in the later afternoon and had decided I wanted to stay in Bangkok city for about a week for two reasons the last month I was in Bangkok city it was only for the weekend and I wanted to see more of the huge city and I was in no hurry to get back home to my province being Jomtien Beach in Pattaya.
Once I landed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport you can either take a meter taxi into Bangkok city which will cost you about $10 US distance to the city is about 25km or you can take the Airport Link Train Line, which is what I did its not only cheaper and you don't get caught up in traffic jams more enjoyable only costing you $1.40 US and you get to see the Bangkok city views while riding the train.
Airport Train Link and City views along the way.
The journey on the train to the city center will take about 30 minutes stopping at a few stations still faster and cheaper than a taxi, providing you only have a small amount of luggage not convenient if you have a load of big suitcases as you need to climb stairways to get connecting trains to your hotel once you have reached the city center but then you can always take a meter taxi to your hotel once you have reached the city center just downstairs from the terminating station of the Airport Link Train.
You might have noticed the glare in these first few photos only because I was taking them from the inside of the train, what I found interesting was how there were many farms to be seen and not far out of this big city, it was interesting to see the old buildings and the new buildings all blending in giving that charm of an Asia country, the other thing I noticed was how flat Bangkok cityscape is you can see for miles when your riding on these Skytrains above the city very interesting views of the city.
I only had a backpack and my laptop with me and according to my Google map if I took the connecting BTS Skytrain from the Airport Link Station called Phaya Thai for about six stops I would be a 5-minute walking distance to my hotel so I jumped on the BTS Sukhumvit line at Phaya Thai station which cost me $1 US and I was at BTS Station Nana within 10 minutes and Google map been right I was at my hotel ready for dinner within no time.
Sukhumvit BTS Line, Nana BTS Station.
It had been a long day of traveling I was not much feeling like walking around the city I thought I would just stay in the street of where my hotel was grab something to eat and have a relaxing night saving my energy for tomorrow's big tour around Bangkok City. I settled for a nice street vendors pork and noodle soup that was so yummy that I had to have a second one only costing me $3 US for the two of them.
The following day I had planned to do a tour along Bangkok's main river the Chao Phraya River you can take taxi boats along this river for a minimum fee of 50c US and a maximum fee of no more than $1 US depending on how many piers you want to stop at but unfortunately, Bangkok had some severe monsoon rains causing the river to rise to high levels and strong currents, so no taxi boats were operating, disappointed but not much I could do about that so I opt to walk up to the Sathon Bridge and view the Chao Phraya River from the top of the bridge.
Chao Phraya River and Sathon Bridge.
As you can see the weather was still gloomy and the river was at a higher level than normal they had sandbags all around the Sathon Pier but despite that, I was enjoying the views from up on top of this bridge the tower in the background the with the golden dome on top is the State Tower this tower was in the film Hangover 2 with the helicopter hovering over the tower and the other building on the right is known as the Ghost Tower a multi million-dollar condominium project with the best views over the river and Bangkok city it was abandoned in the early 90's due to the world financial crisis.
The Chao Phraya River will have to wait till my next trip to Bangkok after the monsoon period I would say anyway after seeing some breathtaking views from the Sathon Bridge, I walked back to Saphan Taksin BTS Station and when about five stations got off at Chong Nonsi BTS Station, in this area you will see the most beautiful Skyscrapers and the Chong Nonsi pedestrian walkway bridge.
Chong Nonsi Sathorn Silom area, is the central business center of Bangkok and it is here that you will find the most beautiful iconic skyscrapers of Bangkok, like the MahaNakhon Tower Bangkok’s tallest building rising to a height of 314 meters also known as the Lego Building and the Chong Nonsi Pedestrian Bridge which sees thousands of commuters everyday walking across this spectacular bridge spreading across one of the biggest and busiest intersection in Bangkok city, which connect commuters with the BTS Skytrain station and MRT underground train station.
Chong Nonsi Sathorn Silom area is one of the most expensive districts to live in having world class hotels, world banks and exclusive condominium buildings. I was fortunate enough to see these skyscraper cleaners hanging from the Sathon Squre Skyscraper looking like little ants crawling down a tall mountain was a spectacular scene to see.
From Chong Nonsi Sathorn Silom, I boarded the Skytrain again to see what else I would find of interest riding high above the streets of Bangkok and not far down the track I switched from the Silom Line back to the Sukhumvit Line and not far down this track I saw this golden glass building reflecting in the afternoon blue sky I just had to get of and check this skyscraper out did I tell you I am crazy on skyscrapers I was now at the Ratchathewi district another high end of Bangkok city.
Ratchathewi District, Bangkok City.
This magnificent structure is called the Spring Tower, also known as the WeWork Tower, its a tower with massive work-spaces where global network of companies come together to create new ideas everyday and their are many classy high end restaurants in this area to satisfy any global traveler.
Spring Tower in Ratchathewi District, Bangkok City.
I spend from morning to late evening traveling around on Skytrains thinking I had seen a lot of Bangkok city today but coming to think of it I hadn't even touched the tip of the iceberg there are two Skytrain lines in Bangkok the Sukhumvit Line and the Silom Line together combining 52 stations and I think I traveled about 15 stations not including the Airport Link train into Bangkok city so you can imagine how much more I need to see of this beautiful city and the best way to do that is by Skytrain buy yourself a daily BTS ticket costing you $4 US dollars and you can jump on and off all day long on these Skytrains but for now I hope you enjoyed this part of the Skyline Tour till next time you all take care.
