While you TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) you will get ample opportunities to enjoy a lot of vacations. Here is a list of 10 places that you can definitely visit whenever you get a leave.
Wat Traimit
A temple in Chinatown area, Wat Traimit is more than 3m high and flaunts a high golden Buddha image that weighs more than 5 tons. Displayed in the Sukhothai style, the image ages 900 years and was covered with plaster for concealing its value. In 1957, for the first time it was discovered, that the statue was made of pure gold. The temple dated back to early 13th century.
Dusit Palace
Constructed in European style, Dusit Palace is the compound royal residences built between 1897 and 1901 for King Rama V. It is the world’s largest wooden mansion with 31 exhibition rooms, throne rooms, bathrooms and bedrooms.
Lumphini Park
Lumphini Park is a serene oasis of hustling Bangkok where one can sit amidst beautiful crafts and flowers or take a paddle boat or just sit and relax. Free concerts are also arranged in Lumphini Park during Sunday afternoons.
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Chatuchak Weekend Market
Locally known as JJ Market, Chatuchak Weekend Market is the largest market of not only Bangkok but the whole Thailand. Some even say it is the largest weekend market in the world. With more than 8,000 stalls peddling wares ranging from antiques to clothes to furniture, the wildly popular market draws in more than 200,000 people on weekends and includes a wide array of tasty restaurants.
Khao San Road
Khao San Road is a small road located near Chao Phraya River. Earlier it was a major Bangkok rice market and hence the name means “milled rice”. Nonetheless, in recent times, the road has developed into a world famous backpackers’ hangout. The place has a lot to offer – cheap accommodation, ranging from dorm style hostels to reasonably priced 3-star hotels as well as bars, food stalls, restaurants, convenience stores, internet cafes and travel agencies.
Thai Silk Industry
The Thai Silk Industry of Bangkok revived by Jim Thompson is an assembly of six traditional silk houses. Thompson also simultaneously became a major collector of Southeast Asian art. Tourists love taking tour through the buildings.
Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)
One of the oldest and best known tourist attractions, Wat Arun (“Temple of Dawn”) is situated on the Thonburi side. The temple is an architectural representation of Mount Meru, which is considered to be the centre of the universe in Buddhist cosmology. Though the name has the word “dawn” in it, it is best visited in the evening.
Central World
Opened in 1990, the eight-story Central World marketed itself as a middle class shopping centre, opposed to the upper class-marketed Siam Paragon. On 19th May 2010, Central World was one of the many properties set on fire by anti government protestors. The fire raged for two days and the Zen department store collapsed in the fire. After months of repair works, the shopping complex reopened on 28th September with 80% of its retail space open for business.
Wat Pho
One of the oldest and largest temples in Bangkok, Wat Pho was constructed about 200 years before Bangkok was declared the capital of Thailand. It is famous for holding the largest reclining Buddha image as well as possessing the largest number of Buddha images. It is 46m long and 15m high.
Grand Palace
Constructed in 1782, Grand Palace was moved from Thonburi to Bankok. The palace served as the residence of the Kings of Thailand until the mysterious death of King Ananda Mahidol in 1946. His brother King Bhumibol Adulyadej who succeeded him moved permanently to the Chitralada Palace. It is one of the major tourist attractions of Bangkok now.
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