BANGKOK - Wild Plum Village

LATE NOVEMBER EVENING WITH A GROUP OF ARAB JOURNALISTS SITTING IN THE COZY VIP Lounge FOR THE SECOND TERMINAL OF THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND GETTING PREPARED FOR THE DEPARTURE. WE HAD TO FOLLOW THE FIRST, SO CALLED “INAUGURATION” FLIGHT FROM DUBAI TO THAILAND ON THE AGAIN OPEN FLYDUBAI AIRLINE.

BANGKOK

Bangkok's full official name - Krun Thep Makhanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Makhintarayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Nopparat Ratchathani Burir Udomratchanivat Mahasatan Amon Piman Avatan Satit Sakkattattiya Witsanukam It bears blessing that it means "the city of angels, a great city, a great city, a beautiful city, a beautiful city, a beautiful city, an ancient city, a happy city, full of abundance, the grandiose Royal Palace, reminiscent of a divine monastery, where the reincarnated god reigns, a city donated by Indra and built by Visvakarman "

Reading the program of our visit to Bangkok received from flydubai, where, among other events, it was called “Evening walk on a traditional wooden boat on the river,” I clearly imagined a narrow wooden boat driven by a dry Asian, gliding along the surface of a not very wide river with banks covered with thick thickets of tropical vegetation. Any buildings and structures in this imaginary picture were absent in principle, with the exception of the rickety one-story wooden huts randomly scattered across the impenetrable jungle.

My thoughts were already in that same junky, in shorts and slippers on my bare foot, and on my head I flaunted a traditional Vietnamese hat made of cane. How wrong I was! But first things first.

Waiting for Gate Al Gate, the president of flydubai, who, in fact, was accompanied by the gathered journalists, and cutting the traditional cake, we boarded the crowd in a friendly crowd, which headed for Bangkok.

Thanks to the night flight, time passed unnoticed, and at 10 o’clock in the morning we flew up to Thailand. Under the wing, huge tracts of forests, cut by many rivers, and endless green fields floated - all as I imagined. But what I saw before approaching made very serious corrections to my idea of ​​the "village of wild plums", as the name of the city of Bangkok is translated into Russian. Below us lay a huge metropolis, framed at the edges by production and warehouse areas, in the very center not much different from modern Dubai, with skyscrapers made of glass and concrete.

Looking at the industrial landscapes, office and residential buildings of quite modern architecture and other urban attributes of the 21st century on the way from the airport to the hotel, I realized that this time it was unlikely to be able to swim in a fragile boat along a curved tropical river, driving off the crocodiles with an oar, snakes and other exotic animals. Actually, that’s how it happened. In fairness, I’ll say that in the late evening we were taken to the river walk announced in the program - after a busy day, a press conference, a round table with the president of flydubai, an interview with the general director of Anantara Siam Hotel and other business meetings. And all the time, while we were sailing along the muddy waters of the Chauphrai River, I had a feeling that we were not in Bangkok, but in Dubai, on a do-excursion along the Creek BANGKOK The full official name of Bangkok is Krun Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintarautopthaya Pattaya Ratchathani Burir Udomratchaniev Mahasatan Amon Piman Avatan Satit Sakkattattiya Vitsanukam Prasit, which means "city of angels, a great city, a city - an eternal treasure, an impregnable city of God Indra, the majestic capital of the world, endowed with nine precious stones, a happy city, full of abundance, the grandiose Royal Palace, reminiscent of a divine abode, where the reincarnated god reigns, a city donated by Indra and built by Visvakarman. " - The surroundings and views at times coincided one hundred percent!

Having enjoyed plenty of night views of Bangkok, we moored at Anantara Riverside Bangkok, where we were already waiting for dinner and a colorful costume show. And in the end of our short visit, apparently in order to consolidate the positive, we were invited to go up to the Attitude Rooftop bar, located almost on the roof of the Avani Riverside Hotel. You will be in Bangkok, be sure to visit this place - the views open are simply amazing!

What I learned for myself from the trip - on the road to Phuket, Samui, Samet, to Krabi, ChaAm, Hua Hin and Pattaya and other Thai resorts of Thailand loved by Russians, you can always stay for a day in Bangkok. You will not regret.

Have a good trip!

Text: Sergey Tokarev

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