{"id":79,"date":"2025-10-17T08:27:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/?p=79"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:46:25","slug":"bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My stay in Bangkok was about five days, a bit too long according to many. I would say there is plenty to do, but there are nicer cities to visit.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>Staying at a &#8220;party&#8221; hostel:<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f<\/p>\n<ul>Breathing either smog or cold AC air:<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f<\/p>\n<ul>Hospitality in general:<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34<\/p>\n<ul>Food thus far:<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>Feeling safe as a<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>solo female traveler<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\ud83d\udc85:<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f<\/p>\n<ul>Making friends:\u00a0<\/ul>\n<p>immeasurable \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4224.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My favourite Bangkok picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took me a while to get the website going, then I managed to make updating it from backlog a &#8220;task&#8221; and so here we are. Finally doing it! Two weeks later, what can I say about Bangkok:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It felt pleasant enough arriving at the airport, my first impression was that people here are generally kind and helpful. I was told to get a &#8220;grab&#8221; to the hostel, which is the Thai version of Uber. I downloaded the app (I had internet already because of the wonders of e-sims), but then decided it was all a bit too complicated. I was tired, jet-lagged and the humidity was already getting to me with my big backpack on. The official taxi stand was not a simpel solution in the end, but it was efficient. I paid way too much for my first ride in SE Asia, just like you&#8217;re supposed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my first stay I had picked a bit of a party hostel, because there weren&#8217;t many high-rated ones that weren&#8217;t, and because it seemed like a good thing for me at the start of my trip. Walking in I felt like I had made a huge mistake. For some reason I had expected a rooftop pool, beautiful people chilling on loungers, reading, while some pleasantly chatted and laughed, welcoming you to join their conversation if you so pleased. Instead there was loud music, a dirty little garden pool and a very long table of average looking people drinking cocktails, literally, out of buckets. I went up to my all-girls dorm and with the chatter and white-girl music penetrating the walls started a conversation with the only other girl there&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;Who was from Utrecht, of course! Fly halfway across the earth and the first proper conversation I have is in Dutch with a lovely blue-eyed blond girl. She had been in Bangkok before and was just stopping by for a bit of sleep before going to the Philippines. Luckily for me she still had to have dinner, so after I got settled, called Bas and had a moment of dreadful regret, we went out to explore. First we had a drink downstairs and I realised it was actually quite nice to meet loads of fellow travelers from the get-go, though I still felt a bit nervous about actually going out into the &#8220;wilderness&#8221; of Bangkok. Turns out there is nothing to be afraid of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My hostel was about 10 minutes away from the infamous Khao San Road, so it was&nbsp;<em>really<\/em>touristy. But also felt really safe. My first meal was absolutely delicious and Lara showed me some of the ins and outs of backpacker life in Thailand, including introducing me to 7-eleven, which has become an addiction by now, but I will write more on that later. By the next day I was strolling around like I knew the place, cautious but careless, it felt good to finally be there and exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4119.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4123.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4125.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4130.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" data-id=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/92D37386-4A55-4800-ABC3-3BFAB80E2F31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4146.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4148.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4151.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was easy to make friends in the hostel, so there was soon a group of girls to fall back on for a chat in the morning or have dinner with at night. One of them also convinced me to go on a pubcrawl organised by the hostel, which I don&#8217;t regret but wont repeat. Khao San road is truly an experience, but very overwhelming. I think we made it to the second bar before walking &#8220;home&#8221;, though not before a stop at 7-eleven for some snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4261.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from that I went to the National museum, which I found interesting but the layout wasn&#8217;t very clear to me and it was hard to form a timeline, though it gave me plenty of topics to further research later. I walked around in general, finding temples everywhere and tried not to get heatstroke. Getting a Thai massage was also a positive experience, though different to a massage in Europe not just by price. There was no music and I was the one to avert my gaze when she instructed me to &#8220;take clothes off&#8221;. I found out later that I didn&#8217;t actually have a Thai massage because I enjoyed it and wasn&#8217;t in pain for most of it. To me it felt like the real deal when I had a Thai lady literally climb over me to get to different parts of my back and I&#8217;ve never had the &#8220;front&#8221; of my body massaged before either. Anyway, she was nice enough that I didn&#8217;t feel uncomfortable when she told me that I was a very beautiful woman after massaging my near-naked body for an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4313.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4376.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4339.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4359.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4382.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4380.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4394.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4419.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My favourite experience in Bangkok was going on a bike-tour. There&#8217;s a company called Co van Kessel, set up by a Dutch man (with the same name) who lived in Bangkok before passing away about ten years ago. It was a bit of drama getting there, my first #lostinThailand experience but I kept my head cool and managed to arrive at an acceptably late time. The tour started around 18:00 and there were only two other people on the tour: a lovely&#8230;. wait for it&#8230;. Dutch couple! Of course! :-). I forget their names, but they were a friendly pair of 50-something year-olds from a place near Nijmegen. I was the only one to wear a helmet (you reading this mum, grandmothers, Bas!) which definitely added to the established parent-child dynamic at play. The tour was about 3 hours long, taking us all over the place: past temples, a Christian church, backstreets in the &#8220;living part of Bangkok&#8221;, the huge flowermarket, Mr. van Kessel&#8217;s grave (yerp) and Chinatown. We had a bite to eat somewhere along the tour, which was really spicy rice and a roti with egg and banana, tasty! I definitely arrived back at the hostel with loads of energy and would do this tour again if I had the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3088\" height=\"2316\" data-id=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4154.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4155.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4204.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4161.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4181.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4180.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4170.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4184.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4217.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4221.jpeg\" alt=\"\" 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src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4228.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4229.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4232.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4238.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4230.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4197.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, Bangkok was pretty cool and I enjoyed a lot of avocado toast while I still could. It seemed every single person I met went to Chiang Mai next, I did the same&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh and yes, I did have ONE bucket cocktail in case you were wondering. It was a mojito and it was pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XXXX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(lastly, some pictures from the Mall) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4285.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4286.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4288.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4289.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4297.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4298.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4299.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My stay in Bangkok was about five days, a bit too long according to many. I would say there is plenty to do, but there are nicer cities to visit. 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