If you see only a few days to Bangkok, try, in an area to stay close to places of culture and good food. These hotels in Bangkok Best Touring temple is near the river and very practical.
Enjoy the public transportation in Bangkok. It may seem counterintuitive, but usually take taxis is not the fastest way to get around. The traffic can be terrible, and if you ruin a limited amount of time your plans!
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These cute little monkey who are roaming the areas of greatest influx of tourists Thailand dangerous!
Macaques
Thailand is home to many species of primates, but can see the most common monkeys, if you have a macaque (pronounced "my kak"), a small animal, gray or gray-brown usually on trees or other foliage hung visit. Thai macaques average is about two meters high and about 15 kilos, but simply because they are small, this does not mean it can not hurt. In fact, can be very aggressive macaques in Thailand. According to a recent report about 600 people were treated monkeys only hospital in the previous year after the attacks on Phi Phi Iceland. The authorities have not yet installed warning signs for people to be careful, but it seems to stop incidents.
Do not Feed the Animals!
In some tourist areas, such as in the round of group visits Maya Bay Phi Phi Iceland and Monkey Beach, visitors are invited to feed peanuts animals, bananas or other snacks and macaques are used to get groceries people who often draw from to understand the hands of the people it or act aggressively when it is not imminent. Those who turn (often in fear) sometimes scratched up or try to avoid foods or there will be bitten. The sad thing is that these monkeys of tourists and tour guides who think it's cute and fun to feed wild hand used to. If your guide gives you bananas to the monkeys do not have to participate. It's also fun to remote monkeys. If you choose to feed the monkeys, let the children to interact with them and throwing food to them, rather than waiting to take your hand.
Do not touch it!
Another way for tourists to try to touch or pet problems with this monkey baby monkeys. These primates are very protective of their young. You approach or try to reach a young monkey, and especially not to approach, a mother monkey with a baby. The macaques are social creatures and come to the defense of others. If you are bitten or scratched, you should get a tetanus shot and clean the wound.
More Monkey Horror Stories
This is not just Thai macaques, which are responsible for all evil. In Ubud, Bali Forest macaques to rob tourists are known, all the time, and although the loss of their sunglasses seems like a fun memory, leave many tourists Indonesia have also visited a hospital after the attack. And Delhi, India, attacked a herd of monkeys, the deputy mayor of the city in 2007. When he tried to fight, he fell off his balcony and died of his injuries later.
After cooling the day in the temple, rest, and then hit the town at sunset to one of the night markets to explore. The night market in Chiang Mai is open seven days a week, but many believe that the market for Sunday evening is the best place to go for traditional crafts and the relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Go to dinner, one of these great restaurants: Chiang Mai Thailand North or seen in the kitchen, eat what urban hipster city.
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With so many tailors in Bangkok can be difficult to separate the good from the bad. Here comes highly recommended a list of four Schneider Bangkok. Pinky Tailors and Cotton House are custom women's clothing that you do not many of the best tailors in Bangkok (I guess they are too busy, games for men). None of these four fulfill the mass of lean budget so that you do not find to do $ 99 voucher for one of them, but all of them, fair and reasonable price and quality of work.
Health care in Thailand is easily accessible usually affordable and high quality, if you end up needing to see a doctor or go to a hospital while on holiday in the UK, you need not worry.
Bangkok has to be a lot of international private hospitals, locals, expats and tourists. The three most popular are Bumrungrad and BNH Samitvej. All nurses lingual support. Doctors in these hospitals are all spoke English and often other than Thai language, and many were educated and / or trained in the best medical schools worldwide.
Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Samui and large international hospitals and in particular the market to cater to travelers and foreigners. Often lack the breadth of specialists in the capital, with enough medical facilities to treat almost any illness or injury to the joint.
The cost of a visit to one of these clinics is surprisingly affordable (especially when you consider that the most beautiful in Bangkok resemble five-star hotels). For basic office visit, expect to pay around $ 20, with the exception of the cost of testing, medications or procedures. When you visit the emergency room, the tour will be incurred even usually less than $ 100 without the new fees. Bumrungrad website provides cost estimates for common procedures to give you an idea of prices.
In addition to high-end private hospital care in the country is much cheaper and there are good hospitals and good doctors, and at the level of the public, if you are going to run into the language barrier maximum.
Yum! You may know that the Thai iced tea is milk, orange juice often served in Thai restaurants in the US and Europe. In typical Thai iced tea, black tea is prepared to find with boiling water with a cloth strainer, and a little sweet condensed milk, served on ice with a little sugar and condensed milk on top. These days, reddish-orange food coloring products, when there may traditionally come from another natural source. If your Cha Yen with no added sugar, you may ask, "Can waan" meaning "is not sweet." You do not have a small sweet condensed milk, but at least you will not get tablespoons sugar on top!
