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Tasty banquets from one of the most valued gastronomies of the moment await in every corner of Thailand. Bangkok, for example, is a good place to check the fever that unleashes the kitchen. The one of the sophisticated restaurants that, with an astonishing frequency, enter the list of the 50 Best , but also that of the street food that even has the first place in the world awarded with the coveted star: Jay Fai, commanded by a tiny woman 72 years old
You can see her work on the woks with a fun outfit: a wool hat and ski goggles. To try their crab omelette ( khai jeaw poo ) or their fried noodles with seafood ( phad kee mao talay ) comes a battalion of foodies from all corners of the globe, ready to wait long hours of queue.
Adrenaline discharge
The capital (10.6 million inhabitants), engaged in its perpetual dialogue between past and future , between mysticism and consumption, between harmony and chaos, is the gateway to the country, making contact with its humid and bustling reality. Either this city of dizzying rhythm, street confusion and dizzying aromas is loved or hated, capable of baffling the unsuspecting Western traveler, but also generating a definite addiction .
"As soon as I set foot, I felt that I already wanted to return, that traffic congestion and sticky weather were not made for me. Today I have been here for four years and I do not change this whirlwind," says Víctor Rodríguez, who arrived from Barcelona to work as a telecommunications engineer and now does not conceive of another home on the planet.
Bangkok is something like an adrenaline rush. Beyond eating, covering your overwhelming offer of plans is to get carried away by the urban pulse. Here everything (temples, shopping centers, clubs ...) exists in abundance, including its public transport network with the efficient BTS or airway that runs through the skyscraper mountain range . If not, there will always be the tuk-tuks , who at all times draw the traffic jams with reckless expertise. They are, perhaps, the most picturesque option to discover the attractions of the city.
BUY, EXTREME SPORTS
Those who talk about the future in the form of air-conditioned malls , luxury signature stores or sophisticated roofs (note, for example, The Speakeasy, of the Hotel Muse, or Vertigo and Moon Bar of the Banyan Tree hotel). But also those who corroborate that the traditional framework has not evaporated at all. There are gleaming temples, which are testimony to their history.
Starting with Wat Phra Kaew , the huge complex of the Grand Palace where the former royal residence sits, the emerald Buddha, the stupas of burnished roofs, the hundreds of murals, mosaics and sculptures with Buddhist deities. Less crowded are Wat Pho, the oldest, famous for its reclining Buddha, Wat Arun or Temple of Dawn , with a central tower that symbolizes Mount Meru and perhaps the most original, Wat Yannawa, which resembles a ship stranded in the asphalt.
Among them runs the chocolaty flow of Chao Phraya , the river that divides Bangkok. This river highway that links the capital with the Gulf of Thailand is the soul of the city. Around here the old ships, the line ferries, the water taxis parade. The local trajín of the more than ten million inhabitants that conform a constant tingling. Especially in Chinatown, one of the oldest in the world, and in the Chatuchak market , on weekends, where shopping is almost an extreme sport. Both are basic that should not be missed.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
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How to get. Airlines like Qatar Airways fly to Bangkok from Madrid with stopover in Doha.
Where to sleep At the Sangri-La hotel, luxury accommodation by the river. From 200 euros.
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