{Lone Ranger Finding His Loving Wife}
......continued from part X
I had a plan to bring my loving wife to Bangkok for a short (two days) tours in the very near future and intended to bring her to see as many as possible attractions in Bangkok in a limited time, so I had to get familiar with the shortest & most convenient roads in a short day trip.
On 15th September 2015, I started my trip by Bangkok's most famous river boat tour at Saphan Taksin pier (jetty). Saphan Taksin pier is the starting point for Chao Phraya tourist boat, and it goes all the way north up to Phra Athit (Banglamphu), with several stop-by piers in between.
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| Saphan Taksin pier @ Sathorn, Bangkok |
That was Tuesday, an usual working day for Thais. The queue was a bit long although it was not a public holiday, passengers were mostly tourist and whatnot with Thais wearing smart office-look dressed-up, and together with a few students. So, it was considered normal to wait for 2 turns of boat arrived then only I able to hop onto the marvelous boat.
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| Chao Phraya river boat tour @ Sathorn |
And there was a Chinese restaurant at the riverfront of Chao Phraya river.
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| Chinese restaurant @ Chao Phraya riverfront |
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| Chao Phraya river boat tour |
Classic & modern buildings seen along the riverfront ..
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| Historical classic building @ Chao Phraya riverfront |
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| Shrine-look building seen @ Chao Phraya riverfront |
I was fortunate enough to have a gentle woman (probably a Thais tour-guide) who spoke fluently English on the boat. She spoke clearly with a bullhorn (大声公扩音器)
to the whole boat about detail & useful information on each pier the boat stopped, each building pass-by with historical info, and even guides on roads or areas connected with each pier. A big thumb for her.
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| construction site @ Chao Phraya riverfornt |
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| Millennium Hilton Bangkok @ Chao Phraya riverfront |
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| Bann Chaopraya - an exclusive condo @ riverfront |
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| plentiful of restaurants @ Chao Phraya riverfornt |
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| Guan Yu temple (关帝古庙) @ Bangkok's Chinatown |
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| Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) - the most famous temple in Bangkok |
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| Wat Arun (the Temple of Dawn) under re-construction |
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| Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) @ Chao Phraya riverfront |
If tourists want to go to Wat Arun which is located opposite across the other side of the river, they could do their transit either here at Tha Tien pier or Maharaj pier. The cross river boat to Wat Arun only cost about 3 TB. (yes, 30 Malaysia cents only)
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| Wat Arun cross river boat |
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| historical shrine-look building @ Chao Phraya rivefront |
While reaching a river's T-junction ..
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| T-junction @ Chao Phraya river |
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| T-junction @ Chao Phraya river |
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| T-juncstion @ Chao Phraya river |
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| T-juncstion @ Chao Phraya river |
And finally, you see a Penang-bridge like Chao Phraya river bridge at the end of tourist boat trip.
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| T-juncstion @ Chao Phraya river |
The cost, Wowo! It was only 40TB per trip!
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| Chao Phraya Tourist Boat single ride cost |
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| Bangkok tourist boat from Saphan Taksin to Phra Athit |
... to be continued
On 15th September 2015, I started my trip by Bangkok's most famous river boat tour at Saphan Taksin pier (jetty). Saphan Taksin pier is the starting point for Chao Phraya tourist boat, and it goes all the way north up to Phra Athit (Banglamphu), with several stop-by piers in between. 
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