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Old Posted Jul 7, 2016, 5:05 AM
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Bangkok //the world's favorite city

Ok, I promise this is the last thread for a while! So Bangkok is the world's most visited city and for good reason [edit: now second most visited city]. It's an extremely affordable, yet cosmopolitan mega-city with a unique culture and proud history. What's not to like? Enjoy!

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Old Posted Jul 7, 2016, 5:15 AM
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Close, but not quite. Regardless, i'm amazed it's second, ahead of Paris and New York.
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Old Posted Jul 7, 2016, 7:32 AM
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Close, but not quite. Regardless, i'm amazed it's second, ahead of Paris and New York.
Doh, I was going off the old numbers from Forbes. Apparently it went down the last two years following the 2013-14 Thai political crisis.
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Many years ago the first city outside Europe I visited... It's about time I went back judging from your great pictures!
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Nice pictures! There seem to a big difference between the neighbourhoods of Bangkok, some looks really slummy and some very modern and wealthy. Many people think that visited Bangkok say it is too chaotic, but for us urban freaks it is of course an interesting city to visit.
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Nice pictures! There seem to a big difference between the neighbourhoods of Bangkok, some looks really slummy and some very modern and wealthy. Many people think that visited Bangkok say it is too chaotic, but for us urban freaks it is of course an interesting city to visit.
I was actually surprised to find that it was a very orderly city by SE Asian standards. It is chaotic in the way that any huge city is chaotic, but I found things pretty formal, relatively organized and comfortable. For instance, look at this:

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Great, now I want to go back to Bangkok! Going to Chiang Mai for the first time next month, though, so at least I'll have that.

Bangkok has this charisma that is hard to explain. It's ugly and messy but there's a creative buzz you don't get in other SEA cities – like Kuala Lumpur, which feels like an awkward mix of Bangkok and Singapore that just doesn't quite work.
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Now that's cheek-by-jowl living. So much exposed infrastructure like a steampunk's dream or something.

Nicely done.
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Good to know Bangkok is pretty well planned. I think many people who complain about Bangkok are the ones that only travel through there to get to the beaches of Phuket, Pattaya etc.

Another thing I noted: I often see grey weather on Bangkok pictures, not hazy like in Chinese cities though, but it often look sunnier in pictures from coastals cities and beach resorts. Has Bangkok more often grey weather then the rest of Thailand? Not necessarily a bad thing in that case, because I can imagine it will be too hot to walk around when the sun is shining.
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Another thing I noted: I often see grey weather on Bangkok pictures, not hazy like in Chinese cities though, but it often look sunnier in pictures from coastals cities and beach resorts. Has Bangkok more often grey weather then the rest of Thailand? Not necessarily a bad thing in that case, because I can imagine it will be too hot to walk around when the sun is shining.
I visited during the rainy season, so that might explain this set being so grey.
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Great city pics here. Thanks for the tour!
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Bangkok is the best place to travel

Bangkok is the most relaxing and loved destination for visiting on every occasion and Bangkok holiday package can be easily availed at cheap prices with Tripxperia.
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Bangkok is the most relaxing and loved destination for visiting on every occasion and Bangkok holiday package can be easily availed at cheap prices with Tripxperia.
Bangkok has too many places like Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Buddha temple and famous Grand Palace
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Bangkok has often been referred to as the Sex Capital of the World, and they've earned that title, a section in Pat Pong for male prostitutes, and another section for female prostitutes.

Been there 3X but the last time, July of 2004, was the last and final time there, guess I'm showing my age, or having lived in the desert with such low humidity levels, I just couldn't deal with the combined high heat and humidity both, and I was left a prisoner in my hotel room for 10 days.

I was rather shocked to learn, recently, the fertility rate in Thailand has dropped to 1.8, and it will be interesting to see how this all pans out for Thailand over the coming years. They'll need more and more immigrants to fill the void, and, as to be expected, more expensive to visit there.
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Great pics, captures the real creative mess that is a city.

Bangkok has been the world's most visited city for 3 years in a row (though second if you count Chinese visitors as 'international' by crossing the border into Hong Kong). Traditionally it vies with London and more recently Singapore for the title, but its now pulling ahead of the rest.

https://www.businessinsider.com/most...al-visitors-19

https://www.rd.com/advice/travel/mos...-around-world/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexand...e-world-again/

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