The new Bangkok day trip is nothing more than finding a breathing opportunity from the city’s sensory overload, said Doru Raduta, product manager at Intrepid Urban Adventures.
More than 32 million international arrivals last year. Bangkok According to Euromonitor, more international visitors are welcome than any city in the world.
But according to Doru, that doesn’t mean ThailandThe capital is full of bright lights and busy streets. In fact, he claims there are still many little-known places that can give you a different view of one of the busiest places in the world.
Follow the local leaders
Doru Design and Management Brave city adventure. On a typical day you will find him working in his office in Bucharest, Romania. But it was a trip to Bangkok that sparked the creation of the latest city tour in the series.
“Some colleagues and I had a meeting there and there was a while since,” he said. “And one of my favorite things to do in any city is to move around.”
“I got some advice from a colleague, Juub Yata, who has lived in Bangkok for over 16 years. She said I should check out Hongxing Kong, a riverside cafe with eclectic old buildings paired with the energy of a modern coffee shop.
Doru said he would never find a cafe, which had no advice from her and was hidden in a narrow street in the residential area. When he planned the route on his phone, he noticed other places in the area that caught his attention – the warehouse turned into a contemporary art space and a handful of Catholic churches (a rare sight in a city filled with temples). Thanks to Jub, he stumbled upon a place worth exploring, a place that relatively few tourists discovered.
“Working at Intrepid, I feel like I’m one of the lucky travelers in the world,” Doru said. “Everyone here is passionate about traveling and is therefore eager to share their best advice with each other.
“For years, thanks to my colleagues, I’ve eaten on some of the best walls, found the quietest parts of the busiest city, and saw places that most travelers didn’t even know.
“What I’ve seen is that we have a responsibility to share these experiences with travelers as well.”
Watch the happenings of real life yourself
These valuable suggestions from his colleagues sparked the idea of creating urban adventures Latest Bangkok Tourwhich will lead travelers to the historic Talad Noi. The couple carefully curated a planned itinerary that is some of the coolest Hangouts and hidden spaces in the area. Yes, original cafe included.
“Bangkok has shown a great show for tourists, but that’s the part that happens in real life,” Doru said.
Many local communities are descendants of Chinese immigrants who settled here hundreds of years ago. What’s special about this field is how the people of Talad Noi maintain their ancient traditions and culture in the middle of a city that feels like life in the future.
On tightly woven streets, family-run wall cafe neighbourhood store sells used car parts. Above them, clotheslines jagged between buildings, while street art tells the stories of residents and the history of the area.
In front of local leaders, travelers Talad Noi and Chinatown Tour sails in the driveway and learn about the culture of one of Bangkok’s oldest communities.
In two and a half hours you will taste traditional Thai and Chinese street foods such as carrot cake (a dish for Chinese dim sum) and Chao tha (duck noodle soup) and stop at the same café, inspiring Doru’s initial journey into Talad Noi.
You will visit together one of Thailand’s oldest Catholic churches, originally built by Portuguese settlers in the late 1700s. You will also experience one of the oldest Buddhist shrines in the city before saying goodbye to your local leaders in Chinatown.
What is heat and what
This new tour is part of Urban Adventures’ hidden community scope, which makes travelers evident in well-known places. Exploring famous places like Bangkok, Bucharest and Paris, these tours show travelers a side of a city that they may miss while connecting them to the locals to a deeper level.
As Doru said, getting hyperlocal advice from around the world puts Intrepid in a special position to share a more local experience with travelers.
Exploring quieter neighborhoods in big cities helps travelers understand how locals live, eat and live. Among the crowds at these locations, the experience is richer and creates prominent stories.
These Alternative experience It also reimburses for local economy. Spending tourism dollars in lesser-known locations helps spread the benefits of tourism more widely.
So, Doru proves right: it is not only possible to stand out in Bangkok. Actually, it’s a better way to watch.
Want to see the other side of Bangkok? Check out the fearless city adventure Talad Noi and Chinatown travel. If you’re looking for something longer, explore the fearless Multi-day trip This is beyond the usual attractions.
