1. Research where you are staying
When looking back at my trip this is a pretty obvious thing to consider, but when i booked my hotels i just went with what the travel agent recommended as i was so eager to get it booked. My hotel in Bangkok was lovely, i stayed in the Rembrandt hotel & towers and i believe it was central to Bangkok as it was close to many large shopping malls but if you're visiting for temples and floating markets, it's not close at all, i spent a lot of my time in Bangkok in taxis.
2. Use the taxi's
The taxis in Bangkok were super cheap, i would recommend using them, you can pay a driver to drive you around all day for what would be about £30-£50 and they will take you to as many places as you want, no matter how far they are. But when using a taxi make sure they have their meter turned on, or they will rip you off and charge you alot.
3. The sky train
Where i live in England i don't use trains or metros at all and one day in Bangkok i wanted to visit a mall and the quickest way to get there was the Sky train (our version of a metro/train). Do not be put off by using it because you're in a foreign country it was so simple to work out which train i needed and also super cheap! The trains were very crowded though. 4. Pay for a guide
If you want to visit temples in Bangkok such as the Grand Palace, Wat Pho (the reclining Buddha) or Wat Arun (the temple of dawn) i would highly recommend hiring a guide. The Grand Palace was the first temple i visited, i didn't even know where to begin there was so much to look at and so much history behind the temples and i just had no clue, when i visited the other two temples in Bangkok i had a guide and enjoyed my self so much more because they could explain the history behind everything and give some detail into what i was actually looking at. (The guides also love to take photos for you, mine wouldn't stop haha!)
5. Have a plan
Before i went i had already made a plan for each day, but this wasn't something i had seen many people mention so i thought i would add it in. There is so much to see in Bangkok and if like me you only have a few days there i feel like a having a game plan is essential! The grand Palace and the Reclining Buddha are next to each other so you could do them both in the same day, the Temple of Dawn is on the other side of the river, you could get a boat cross and even do that in the same day. My first day i visited the floating market (which i wouldn't recommend) and then visited the Grand palace. As we had no guide and realised we needed one, we deiced to leave the other temples till the next day when we would have a guide.
So they are my top 5 tips! I hope they are helpful!
Amber
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