Bangkok
is famous for billion ways of transportation such as car, motorcycle, tuk-tuk,
pickup, BTS for just to mention a few. But mount a boneshaker in the traffic of
Bangkok seems like suicide. So we did!
From
Kim's father back in Germany we got the hint of a bike tour guide in the center
of Bangkok. Let's make a quiz out of it:
What do
you think is the nationality of the guy who starts a cycling tour business in
Bangkok. Yea, just Dutch people can be so crazy and we love them for their
craziness.
We
booked the Co Van
Kessel five hour Bangkok tour in the morning. Just
a hint from us: If you don't like to bike in the burning sun of Thailand, stand
up early that day and take the tour in the morning, it's great!
The
tour started with a wormed path through the narrow alley of Bangkok's China
Town. Our tour guide Noona did an amazing job explaining us
various locations. But the tour is not famous for Bangkok's city, it is famous
for visiting remote areas where usually tourists don't go. So we quickly
crossed the huge Chao Phraya River and entered the quiet hidden plantations.
From there we cycled through the fields to a small restaurant with one of the
best Thai food experiences we ever had.
The tour
offers an exciting shift from longtail boat to bike, so that it gets never to
hot or exhausting. We need to highlight the great longtail boat transportation
through the canal lifestyle of rural Bangkok. Yes indeed, this town deserves
the title "Venice of the East".
Summarizing,
we discovered remote temples, gained good luck by ringing a giant bell, got to
know awesome people, ate fruits from the plantations we do not even know and
saw the biggest gathering of catfishes in our life. If you ask us whether this
tour is worth a try, hell yes!
Stay
hungry, stay foolish,
Kim & Robert
Kim & Robert
