Bangkok – Our Trips Around The World

到达曼谷 – Arriving in Bangkok

11/27/2025 星期四， Thursday, the 27th day of our Down Under to Eastern Delight trip

又是换城市的一天。虽然从清迈飞到曼谷只要一个多小时，但我们最终抵达曼谷酒店时已经是傍晚五点多了。原定 12:15 的航班延误了整整一个小时，飞机直到 1:55 才起飞。清迈机场的设计也实在让人无奈：登机和下机居然走同一条通道。正在排队登机的人，正如果遇上其他航班下飞机的乘客，只能原地卡住等那些人先过去。办理托运更是繁琐，第一步在机器上打印登机牌和行李牌；第二步走到另一个机器称重打印收据；第三步再排队把行李交给人工柜台。现场拥挤、混乱，让人哭笑不得。

Another day, another city. Although the flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok takes just over an hour, it was already past five in the evening by the time we finally reached our hotel in Bangkok.

一顿午餐 – All For a Lunch?

11/28/2025 星期五，Friday, the 27th day of our Down Under to Eastern Delight trip

上午先去洗衣店把衣服送去加急清洗，价格跟清迈一样，每公斤 100 泰铢。回到酒店后有时间把行李和房间整理好。十一点多，叫了 Grab 去一家我在油管上看到，由一位非常有名的泰国厨师Pam强烈推荐的餐厅。这一路上也立刻想起曼谷交通有多糟糕，不到 8 公里的距离，竟然花了一个多小时才抵达。到了店门口发现客满，等到一点多才终于轮到我们。据Pam介绍，这家店主打的是桐艾府料理。我之前完全没听说过这个地方，打开谷歌地图一查，才发现桐艾府位于泰国最东部，靠近柬埔寨，是一个海产丰富的小府。我们点了那位厨师推荐的三道菜，其中最惊艳的是那道沙拉：沙拉酱用花生芝麻糖，青柠汁和泰式辣椒，酸、甜、辣平衡得刚刚好，非常好吃。

In the morning we dropped our laundry off for an express wash, with the same price as in Chiang Mai — 100 baht per kilo. After returning to the hotel, we had some time to tidy up our luggage and the room. Then, a little after eleven, we called a Grab to a restaurant I’d seen on YouTube, strongly recommended by a very famous Thai chef, “Pam”. The ride immediately reminded us how bad Bangkok traffic can be — less than 10 km (6 miles) took more than an hour.

一次旧地重游 – A Familiar Place

11/30/2025 星期日，Sunday, the 29th day of our Down Under to Eastern Delight trip

2017年我们第一次来曼谷时，住在空讪区的一家民宿，所在的大楼 The River Condominium 就在湄南河畔。那时每次外出，都要搭乘大楼自家的小船横渡河面去对岸玩。今天我们特地坐上黄旗船来到空讪区对岸，重新走一遍当年的路线，也顺便看看那些我们曾常去的小饭店们。岁月带来了不少变化：港口附近的小摊贩不见了，一个熟悉的小饭店已经变成了按摩店，只有 Jack’s 酒吧依旧在那里，样子也还是当年的模样。

In 2017, on our first trip to Bangkok, we stayed at a AirBNB in the Krung Thon Buri area, in a building called The River Condominium right on the Chao Phraya River.

曼谷的最后一天 – Last Day in Bangkok

12/01/2025 星期一，Monday, the 30th day of our Down Under to Eastern Delight trip

某人脚上顶着几个水泡，仍然坚持徒步去中国城逛一圈。一路上我们放慢脚步，尽量沿着阴凉处前行，走走停停，大约 50 分钟后到了中国城。曼谷的中国城，最早可以追溯到 18 世纪，当时为了修建大皇宫，原本居住在王宫附近的华人商贩被迁至此地，自此逐渐形成了如今繁荣的商业区。两百多年过去，中国城依旧保持着那股蓬勃的生命力：金铺、药材店、街边小吃、炒菜的火光、中文招牌与泰文交错，层层叠叠地铺满整条街。无论是本地人、做生意的人，还是来自世界各地的游客，都把这里挤得熙熙攘攘，热闹非凡。

Someone was walking around with several blisters on their feet but still insisted on making the trek to Chinatown. We slowed our pace, staying in the shade whenever we could, stopping now and then, and after about fifty minutes we reached Chinatown.