After our visit to the market we continue by tuk-tuk for a short ride to the pier where we board a longtail boat to cross the Chao Phraya River, the ‘River of Kings’. As soon as we get off the boat at the other side of the river, it feels like we arrived in a totally different world. No high-rise buildings, almost no traffic and lots of trees and plants. Welcome to the ‘Green Lung’ of Bangkok!

Undiscovered by most tourists, here you can trade the traffic jams and sounds of busy Bangkok for singing birds and a cool breeze while cycling on quiet backroads and small hidden pathways. You will get a good impression how the local people live their life, far away from the crowded and wellknown tourist areas. We cycle along banana trees and coconut plantations, passing local houses on stilts and make a stop at a non-touristy Buddhist temple. At a local restaurant we will enjoy a delicious Thai meal (Pad Thai – Thai noodles or Khao Pad – fried rice) before we continue to a well-maintained public park where we will feed the fish. If you’re lucky, you might see some of the famous residents of this park, the huge monitor lizards! Although they look scary, they’re actually harmless. Unfortunately it’s time to cycle back to the pier and cross the river again to busy Bangkok. At the other side I will assist you with a taxi back to your hotel.