“Hiking the Colors….” every morning at 10 AM. Participants will be surprised what happens behind and away from the concrete walls and buildings of Bangkok. After visiting a typical local temple, we walk at a relaxed pace through one of the poorest neighborhoods of Bangkok. You’ll learn that, although people don’t have much by our own western standards; they’re all more than friendly, and happy with their lives. This remains an authentic part of the Thai-way-of–life. The way people live along the many canals in Bangkok is not seen while passing by in a tourist boat, but by actually walking amongst them. After this experience, we go for a short long-tail boat ride across the Chao Phraya River. Once on the other side, we actually enter a jungle of banana, mango, papaya and coconut-trees. You can’t even reach here by bicycle, but nature-lovers will feel at ease. A little further on, we visit a beautiful park, where we rest a while, and feed the hundreds of fish waiting at the pond. After enjoying the beauties of the park; the birds, squirrels and butterflies, we continue our walk to our lunch destination. A Thai-lunch will be served in a typical local setting. When everyone is ready, the next surprise awaits. We continue our journey in a real “samlor” (Thai rickshaw or “bicycle taxi”), to make a cycling trip through the greenest part of Bangkok, before reaching the jetty. There a long-tail boat awaits, ready to bring us back to the familiar concrete side of Bangkok. A friend says “it’s a shame the tour’s over, I could have spend hours in this jungle”
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