Hey, good afternoon everybody, it's Cory here.
And I am now in Bangkok!
And I've just arrived, it's almost 6pm.
There was a 3 hour airplane delay at Hanoi, so unfortunately, I was supposed to arrive at 2pm
now I'm here at 6pm, the sun's going down.
I was hoping to get in like at least 3 hours of daytime walking around and exploring today.
But it looks like that's not going to happen.
So it looks like it's going to be a nighttime walking around and exploring.
So this is essentially a 24-hour visa run to Bangkok, Thailand.
And I'm super excited, first time in the country, let's check it out guys!
What's up guys, I am getting all kinds of frequency lines (banding) on this video.
I cannot adjust the frame rate to match the speed of the lights.
Anyway, I am checked into the Sakura Sky Hotel, and it's a normal hotel
but they also have one area that's all capsule rooms.
So here's what the capsule units looks like.
Very kind of futuristic looking, reminds me of designs from Dragon Ball.
I'm down over here.
Got my key card.
Okay, check this out.
Ta da!
It comes with a blanket and towel, some water, there's a fire extinguisher.
Let's get in here.
There I am.
There's a little TV here.
Here we go.
Turn that off.
So it's got all kinds of stuff here: headphone jack, USB port, there's stuff controlling the back light.
Mirror light.
Yeah, so we can see there, now it's all blue.
And there's also these vents for AC.
It's a little bit noisy, but it's all good.
It's like Christmas Winter Wonderland up in here.
And this is the largest polar bear I've ever seen.
The thing is almost 3 stories high.
Ok, I got off at Siam Station.
Uhhhhhhhhhh I guess I'm just going to walk from here (to Khaosan Road), maybe it's going to be a 30 to 40 minute walk.
I have no idea.
But I think that's part of the fun, I'm just winging it.
And let's see what we find on the streets!
Ok, to save some time, I'm in the back of a tuk-tuk.
And we're going to go to Khaosan Road. Walking would just be way too long.
I have no idea about distances between neighborhoods, apparently I would have been walking for 2 hours.
So, yeah, anyway, here I am in the back of a tuk-tuk.
Alright guys, I made it here! Khaosan Road! Let's go check it out!
How do I describe Khaosan Road to someone who's never experienced it before?
Like, where do I even begin?
This road is the number one backpacker hub of the world.
There are so many hostels and motels, cheap food, and tons of alcohol here.
There's also a lot of souvenir shops aimed at tourists, as well as quite a few places to get a good Thai massage.
While it's not the best street food in Bangkok, there's definitely plenty to choose from to fill your belly.
I didn't film it, but I ate some durian and chicken skewers here. They were alright...
WARNING!
The following scenes include the real sounds from the street. It's loud. Like, REALLY loud!
So make sure you turn down your volume right now.
The clubs and bars spill out on to the street every single night, turning it into a giant block party.
This was filmed on a Monday night.
If you're not into the whole drinking and dancing in public thing, you can easily just wander down
a side alley on to one of the many other side streets.
There's plenty of cafes, restaurants, lounge bars, and much more away from all of those loud clubs on Khaosan Road.
You can even enjoy some street performances, like this b-boys.
I'm glad I was able to say I've seen and experiences Khaosan Road, it's definitely a touristy
place, but it's just one of those places you have to visit and cross off your bucket list.
One time was enough for me.
***extremely long acceleration in one gear***
Man, this place looks awesome!
I love dinosaurs.
Yo, good morning everybody. It is my 2nd and last day here in Bangkok.
My 24 hours is coming quickly to an end. So I ended up staying out at Khaosan Road
until almost 2am in the morning.
Got back to my hotel, slept, I missed my alarm to wake up at 7am.
And I slept until 9:30am.
Took a shower, got ready, and now it's almost 11am and I have to leave for the airport essentially like at 12:30pm~ish.
I need to just like head there.
So what I've decided to do, since I only have essentially an hour and a half, is to just wander around and check out this main street.
It's called Sukhumvit Road, and I've been walking along it just checking out stuff.
Kind of going in the direction of the airport line, so when time comes, I can just just go right there.
I did pick up some pomegranate juice, and I've only been here a short time, but I can already tell that
I really like Bangkok. The weather is nice. It's not too humid.
It is humid, but it's not TOO humid.
And yeah, it's just a very modern and clean city. It's very clean. People are super respectful.
Let's continue walking around and just check out the streets scene here in Bangkok.
So I'm noticing this kind of like scribble graffiti stuff.
But it's actually more like a diagram or a map.
I see hotels, cafes, temples, and other stuff listed.
I think this is someone's street art.
I've seen it on power boxes, bus stops, mail boxes...
And this is one whole wall done by this person.
I feel like they have a very strange brain that's wired out like this.
So when they do mapping, this kind of mapping is really awesome to see.
So I'm walking under the airport line.
You can see it right here, above my head.
So this is the airport line, and it goes all the way to the airport.
So I'm going in the direction of the airport. Probably in 1 or 2 stations that I come across,
one of them I'm actually going to get on the train and go to the airport.
Because it's that time.
I wish I could find food! I walked along that one road and there
wasn't a lot of food. Uhhmmmmm
And underneath this track here, there's all these little restaurants and stuff, but they're all closed!
So I'm probably in the completely wrong area for street food and restaurants and stuff
but it's still cool to come out here and check out this kind of a back road
and uhhh... yeah, this is what I like.
exploring and stuff. But I am hungry.
So we'll see what I can find.
So I found this covered market, you can see all those tents.
There's a lot of them that go down the length of the track right there.
And I went through it, thinking that there would be a place to eat, but
The market is closed.
All the lights are off. There's nobody in there selling anything.
Alright guys, I've been walking for well over an hour and that's essentially all the time I have.
As you can tell behind me,
Just like everything is closed. I don't know.
It's like that on the other side of the street too.
So I don't know if it's specifically this street on a Tuesday afternoon.
It's just always like this?
Or if it's some kind of a special off day,
what's going on on Tuesday? Why is it like this?
Why can't I find stuff?
I guess it just comes down to that I'm in the wrong area, I don't have time to go to any other area,
and yeah, I guess that's it.
So this is the token for the airport rail line.
It's got a sensor inside.
This is pretty much like a single fare, so I'll swipe this now, and
then when I arrive at the airport, I deposit it into the machine and it keeps it.
Wow, check out how large this departure area is. Where you check in. Very cool.
Man, these departure terminal wings, like this is the E Wing...
where I have to go to my gate, E-6. Look at the canopy on this thing.
That is so cool. This is what we saw when we landed.
I got a small taste of Bangkok and I really thought it was cool. I could definitely see living here
possibly. It's a very wonderful city. It's very modern, it reminds me of a fusion of like Tokyo and Taipei, and maybe Hanoi. I don't know.
But it's like a fusion. And it's very modern and it's very clean.
The people are so nice. Yeah, and it's big! It's way bigger than I ever expected it to be.
Hence why walking was such a big challenge.
But I did get to see a lot (barely), I didn't get to eat a lot at all, which is very unfortunate.
But there's always next time. So I'm at my gate, and we're going to be boarding soon.
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