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In Bangkok there are several transportation options and depending on your budget, the distances to travel and your personal preferences you can choose to walk, bike, drive or hop on a boat, tuk tuk, sky train, longtail, motor taxi, bus or subway. Have your pick!

First of all the tuk tuk, the invention of a century if you're the adventurous type because these low budget runners whil...

The Mae Nam Chao Phraya river in Bangkok is great tourist attraction and every day thousands of people are guided up and down the river. You can catch the Chao Phraya Express at several piers and cruise in northern or southern direction.

Most northbound boats go as far up as the Tha Nonthaburi pier and in the south the last terminal is likely to be the Tha Sathon, also called Central...

There are a lot of Chinese people living in Bangkok and a great way to get so see something of the Chinese Temples is to do a walking tour. Just grap a map from a visitors centre or use your Loney Planet.

Bangkok's Chinatown is called Yaowarat and in here you'll find some of the strangest collection of shops, markets and neighbourhoods. There are a million of sois, little streets...

The most important tourist attraction in Bangkok is the Grand Palace. This complex of amazing buildings used to be the home of several Thai Kings like King Rama I who reigned the country when the construction of the Grand Palace initiated in 1782.

When you walk through this historic place you can almost feel the importance and the sacredness of the different temples in the Grand Palace. Offerings are brought daily and flowers and gold can be purchased at the entrance of the temple.

Tourists are allowed to take pictures inside the Grand Palace and in case you forget the gift shop...

A 120 km southeast of Kochi you'll find the Periyar National Park which is great for elephant and tiger spotting.

Actually, the park is popular for its Periyar Tiger Reserve but cruising through it won't give you the garantee to spot one..and so we didn't.

We did see a lot of buffalo's, birds and a deer:)

The best part of our stay here was the...