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Back to the exciting sensory overload of a city, Bangkok! Day 13: Bangkok Time to bid good bye to beautiful Krabi. We took the hotel courtesy water taxi to Noparat Thara Pier, a taxi to Krabi Airport and here we are boarding our flight back to Bangkok. Back to Bangkok The New Year celebrations have taken over the city and people in large numbers have ascended upon to the Central World area. The view from the Central World overpass We checked in to the beautiful Anantara Siam .  The massive temple mural in the Anantara lobby Day 14: Bangkok While teenagers were still in bed, Giri and I crossed the Chao Phraya to Taling Chan and hopped on a long tail to observe behind the scene of BKK’s mega malls, traffic jams, hipster neighborhoods, sky-walks , and glitz. Long-tail on Klong Lat Mayong A little store for people living along the canals Lotus fields Homes Life along canal is sometimes colorful, sometimes glum Khlong La...

How many days should we stay in Bangkok? We decided to allocate the first half of the Bangkok stay to explore and experience the old city and the latter half of the Bangkok stay to celebrate the New Year amongst the hustle and bustle of the Central World which is the Bangkok's equivalent of Times Square in New York. Day 1 in Bangkok We arrived at the wee hours of December 18, 2017 to a hassle free Suvarnabhoomi International Airport. Having only the cabin luggage made it even more joyful. Out in a taxi to Inn A Day in the old city where the most pleasant group of staff was waiting for us to open up our unit with beautiful views of the Wat Arun on the banks of Chao Phraya River. After a good restful sleep, breakfast at the restaurant downstairs was awesome with western and simple Thai options. First meal in Thailand at the Inn A Day Restaurant Wat Pho is across the street! How cool is that? Beautiful and serene! Simply amazing details and proportions commissio...