How to (really) Spend Your Time as a Thai

Bangkok is such a big and modern city. Shopping malls and tall buildings are everywhere. It was fine for the first day, but you might get bored for the next days. It happened to us, and we knew it even before we arrived in Bangkok.

Staying a bit far from the city is the best option for us. We tried to find a host from the suburb of the city (which wasn't too far away from the city), and we found Sky, a travel/volunteer coordinator from Thanyaburi. It wasn't too hard to go there because of her directions. But it would be harder to go there without knowing any direction (taking a bus here is a bit hard since they don't really have clear information about the destination and the route of the bus).

So we arrived at the closest shopping mall there (named Big C), and Sky picked us up from that place. She drove us with her nice car to her house to meet her mother, put out stuffs, and cooked together.

Thanyaburi used to be popular for its rice, and we've proved that. The organic rice that they produce tastes much better than the rice we usually eat. And the dishes they cooked were well cooked; home made, healthy, and tasty.

On the next day, Sky took us around her area. She took us to 3 temples to see the differences between each temple. It was such a great experience since the temples weren't too crowded (as those in Bangkok).

Sky also took us to have our lunch on a boat. We call it rice noodle on a boat, which Thanyaburi is popular for. We ordered 3 kinds of dishes; rice noodle with pork, beef, and chicken. Beside that, we also ordered a portion of Thai satay with their special sauce.

Our noodle came along with the coconut pudding, which can rarely be found, even in Thailand. It's made of coconut cream, flour, pandan, and some other ingredients that I'm not too sure about. This coconut pudding is so damn special. Trust me!

On our last hours in Thanyaburi (we only spent a night there), Sky took us to her former university to take a look at the lotus park. Not only the park, the whole university is such a great place!

We are so thankful that we could stay with them, even only for a night. Most people know about Bangkok, but Thanyaburi is another place that's worth to see!

Here is the list of our expenses for our trip in Thanyaburi.

Red font : not so important expenses

If you're wondering; yes, we paid some amount of money to Sky, to pay for our foods and her car's fuel.