Bangkok Unique

The Songkran Festival is unique for Bangkok. There is no other City in the world, where during a period of 3 days, people seem to go berserk and douse each other with gallons of water, often mixed with ice. It takes place during the hottest month of the year, April and spells the Thai New Year. It is also the longest public holiday, lasting overall for up to a whole week, when business grinds to a hold. During the main 3 days though, places like Patpong, Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy look like Water Battlefields. The “water battles” spread out onto other roads as well and if you are on or anywhere near Khao San Road, be prepared to get very wet, day or night. Your Bangkok local guide will know where to go, depending on if you want to partake in the water madness or rather avoid getting wet. You will be able to design your Bangkok Private Tour from the beginning till the end together. Another very unique event in Bangkok and mostly unknown to tourists is the “Navratri Festival” which is a Hindu celebration of their gods. This happens every year in November and takes place around Silom Road. Your Bangkok local guide will know all the details and take you there to get an impression of the Hindu population and their culture in Bangkok. It happens during the night and is awash with flowers. Yes, Bangkok has a Hindu population and there are quite a few Hindu shrines spread over Bangkok. They are also used for worshipping by some Thai Buddhists though. Your local guide can show you the most interesting ones and explain their story to you. Bangkok’s uniqueness is based on a blend of many cultures and a mix of the very modern with the very old, of Marble and Glass shopping palaces next door to slums, of the very rich and the very poor living in close proximity. Also, of a modern way of life intertwined with tradition and religion. For example, every time a new vast concrete, marble and glass shopping mall is opened, the Monks are called to bless the place, because Thais by nature are very superstitious.