The Secret Side of Bangkok Tour with a Local in Bangkok - 60222ec20ec24dda0ddfc2ca21c71a0c
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The Secret Side of Bangkok Tour with a Local

  • 5 hours
  • Off The Beaten Track
  • Bangkok
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Experience hosted by Sudarat

  • Private Tour
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Bangkok has many secluded and exotic spots for you to see! On this tour, you will experience parts of Bangkok that tourists rarely visit. From tasting exotic food in hidden local markets to visiting unseen temples, join me on this memorable journey to experience hidden gems within Bangkok.

Destination
Bangkok, Thailand
Category
Off The Beaten Track
Duration
5 hours
Transport mode
Public Transport
Available languages
English, 中文, ไทย
Included
  • Entrance tickets
  • Private guide
  • Meals

5 reasons to book this tour

  • - explore 100 years old market and try local foods
  • Visit thai traditional house and make sequin bracelet
  • Visit local temple where they keep crocodiles
  • Take a private long-tailed boat to see canals of bangkok
  • Visit unseen temple where it has a big green jade pagoda

What you can expect

The Secret Side of Bangkok Tour with a Local in Bangkok - 60222ec20ec24dda0ddfc2ca21c71a0c

Our first stop we will start with trying the local dishes at unseen food market in Bangkok where tourists rarely visit. You will get a chance to see and take photo when the locals cook and try variety of exotic foods such as the noodle in the pink soup etc. then we will walk to visit the traditional Thai house where the owner of the house will teach you how to make colorful sequin bracelet on your own then you can take it back home as a souvenir.

Next, We will visit the local temple where they have two crocodiles then listen to the stories why this temple keep 2 crocodiles inside then we will hop on the tuk tuk to local pier where we can board the long-tailed boat to visit the huge jade pagoda where it keep inside the unseen temple.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Sudarat.

  1. Meeting point

    Meet at BTS Ratchathewi - Bangkok to start your journey

  2. Itinerary

    This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

  3. Visit 100 years old market

    Explore this place to try traditional food and dessert
  4. Visit thai traditional house

    Visit this place to learn how to make a colourful Sequin bracelet
  5. Visit local temple

    Visit this place to hear the stories of 2 big crocodiles inside
  6. Take private long-tailed boat

    Take the boat to visit unseen temple with green jade pagoda inside
  7. Make it yours

    Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

    Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

    Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

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Flexible cancellation policy

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    Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

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  • Loved by travelers worldwide

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Reviews from guests

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Jana🇩🇪 Germany
9 November 2024
Was a very Great Tour we learned quite new things and went to local places. We can recommend the Tour and Sudarat is Reallöhne good. Great
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Paul🇩🇪 Germany
2 March 2024
Sudarat is a very nice and friendly guide that took us on a most intersting tour. She answered all our question. We can totally recommend her.Lovely tour & lovely guide
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Paul🇺🇸 United States
18 February 2024
I greatly enjoyed my time with Sudarat. We hit it off immediately because we both enjoy watching the same Korean dramas that stream on Netflix, so we were off to a good start. In terms of the service, Sudarat was on time, professional, and extremely accommodating. She went out of her way to explain in detail the various Thai street dishes sold in the market (something everyone should try). I walked away having been better off for the experience with her in Bangkok. I strongly recommend her to anyone who wants to see the backstreets of Bangkok and how Thais truly live. Well worth it. An absolute joy
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Heike🇩🇪 Germany
5 February 2024
Die Tour mit Sudarat ist sehr empfehlenswert 👍👍👍 Sie ist mega freundlich, passt die Tour spontan individuell an und beantwortet alle Fragen humorvoll und ausführlich. Die 5 Stunden vergingen wie im Flug! Einzigartig perfekt!
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Simone🇩🇪 Germany
23 January 2023
Sudarat war so nett und sympathisch. Sie ist sehr auf uns eingegangen und deshalb war es auch mit 4-Jährigem total angenehm und auch spannend. Vielen Dank dafür!!!It was amazing
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Nitzan🇮🇱 Israel
24 December 2022
Super pro, knows the history about many places, super nice and accommodating Great guide
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Liam🇦🇺 Australia
6 November 2022
Sudarat is a knowledgeable, interesting and thoughtful tour guide. She provided an insightful and unique experience for us when visiting Bangkok. It was a great mix of local culture, quintessential transport and delicious food at the right pace. We highly recommend Sudarat as a guide. Superb Tour
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Evi🇬🇧 United Kingdom
19 August 2022
Strolling around with her so much fun, she showed me around and with details. From the traditional market, flower market, temples and exciting tail boat trip. It was worth to try if you don’t know what to do in bkk. Sudarat will always filled your curiosity questions and always smiling. Terima kasih.. 😊Day well spent in bkk
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Toine🇳🇱 Netherlands
17 July 2022
This was by far the best tour I had in Bangkok so far. Sudarat brings you to places you normaly would never find and experiance. The tour is very diverse and Sudarat easily adapts to your personal needs if you want. She speaks English very well and was a joy to have as a guide!Amazing tour, a truely local experiance
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Tamara🇦🇺 Australia
24 June 2022
My friend and I arrived in Bangkok and we kicked off our holiday with a tour with Sudarat. This was by far the best tour we have done. Sudarat showed us so many amazing gems of bangkok and it was so culturally rich in experience. It was great to see the genuine hidden gems of Bangkok which were off the tourist trail. I would highly recommend Sudarat and her tour to any visitor to Bangkok. Perfect way to see Bangkok
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Phil
6 March 2025
Sudurat was the perfect companion for us on a very enlightening trip around Bangkok. Very easy to get on with and friendly from the start. We learnt so much leaving Sudarat at the end of the day feeling as if she was an old friend.Wonderful day
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Bernard🇧🇪 Belgium
26 February 2025
Sudarat is so nice and a great guide. She took time for us and was also flexible (we arrived late at the meeting point but that was not a problem). She showed us plenty of great streetfood places that we would have never dare without her. She also explained us so many other things as it was our first day in Thailand. We warmly recommend her!The best way to start our journey
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Leah
25 February 2025
Sudarat is awesome!  She was light hearted,  very knowledgeable and friendly!  We all enjoyed her very much!  ~LeahWould definitely recommend!
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Michael🇺🇸 United States
23 February 2025
Great tour guide. Knowledgeable, fun, and very kind. Highly recommend.Wonderful tour and tour guide!
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Tracy🇺🇸 United States
17 February 2025
We absolutely loved our tour of hidden gems by Sudarat. She was just fantastic. Extremely accommodating and kind as we had one person with a bad knee. Sudarat took us to some really amazing places and shared so much history and told us the meaning of certain things in the Thai culture. It was exactly what we were looking for. We would book again with Sudarat as this was our favorite tour on our trip.Best tour in Bangkok
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Betsy🇺🇸 United States
17 February 2025
Excellent tour…a lovely personality, answered all of our questions…including showing us all of the available Thai foods that locals eat. Moreover, she was easy to contact and responded quickly. She has a wealth of good information from having lived in the city for a long time and her English is excellent. Highly recommend her for your tour.A fabulous food tour with Sudarat
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Micah
11 February 2025
Suda was so welcoming. She was so pleasant to talk to and yet informative about Bangkok and its history. She took our group to the Golden Buddah, Chinatown, Flower Market and another local temple. Some of our highlights: 1) She brought us to the market to have lunch. It was the best tom yum I ever tasted in my life. 2) She helped me interpret conversations when looking for something specific and coordinating with the private driver that we hired for the day. 3) She hailed us a tuktuk to convoy since we didnt fit so our group didnt separate. Would recommend Suda! And would go find another private tour with WithLocals. Chill but authentic tour
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Oliver
9 February 2025
Sehr nette und kompetente Führerin. Hat wirklich Spaß gemacht. Viele Eindrücke gesammelt kann ohne Bedenken weiter empfohlen werden. Toller Abend
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Ashley
8 February 2025
We really enjoyed our day in Bangkok with Sudarat (Oi). She was kind, knowledgeable, and excited to show us pieces and parts of the city. We were very moved by the visit to The Golden Mount (Wat Saket), where we learned about the previous cholera outbreak, as well as modern life at the Wat. Our meeting with a monk was wonderful, with a list of interesting questions answered, all about life as a monk and how Wat life unfolds. After a month of traveling Thailand, it helped us to answer some questions about Buddhism. We then visited both the amulet market and the Buddha factory - local delights and very interesting. We ended our tour strolling through the flower market and the vegetable market. Sudarat went out of her way to help us see things from her perspective, and try a few tasty treats along the journey. She is kind and lovely to chat with. We highly recommend this tour if you are curious about Buddhism, or just want to take a slower pace through this busy city. A lovely day in Bangkok!
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cathy🇬🇧 United Kingdom
7 February 2025
Lovely 2 1/2 hrs spent with Sudarat. It was our first day in Bangkok and we had a great introduction to the local food and visited the flower and vegetable markets. Sudarat also helped us with useful ideas for places to visit the next day. Great guide
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valentina
5 February 2025
I can only express gratitude to our lovely guide Sudarat. We had a wonderful time with her in Bangkok. She tailored our tour based on our requests of visiting temples, meeting the monks and learning more about Buddhism in general. She was knowledgeable and prepared and also very fun to hang out with. I can't reccommend Sudarat (nick name Oil) enough and will definitely book another tour with her next time i will visit Bangkok. Wondeful day spent with our lovely guide
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Donna
4 February 2025
We really enjoyed our custom trip with Sudarat. She took us to two wats we wanted to see and filled out the day with a few other fun local things. She was very easy to be with, speaks great English, and was very knowledgeable about everything we saw. Thank you!!So glad we booked a custom tour!
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Iara🇳🇱 Netherlands
3 February 2025
Sudarat listened to me en took me to places I wanted to see. The food was good. It was the best way to know Bangkok for the first time!It was a pleasant evening
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Helene
30 January 2025
We had a great tour with Sudarat. We got to see temples, the reclining Buddha, markets, went on tuk tuk rides and even fed turtles. Sudarat made sure it was fun for both kids and adults. This tour was the first thing we did in Bangkok and it really gave us a nice taste of what the city has to offer. Highly recommend booking a tour with Sudarat!Fun for the whole family
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Michael
19 January 2025
We learned so much on this tour and had a great time. It was the first thing we did in Bangkok and served us well as we navigated the city in the days to follow. Thanks so much! Great tour!
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Amanda🇺🇸 United States
14 January 2025
We had an amazing time with Sudarat. When I contacted her I asked her to prepare a special itinerary for someone who had passed. She went above and beyond to plan a special day for us. We were also able to add a few more stops at the end that was a special surprise. We will def be booking her again for another tour. Special Temple Tour
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Cynthia🇩🇪 Germany
12 January 2025
we had a very cool tour with Sudarat, she took us to the main parts and some very fun hidden gems. we got to talk to her a lot and ask her lots of questions. her english skills are 10/10great interesting tour, kind guide
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Sebastian
9 January 2025
We had an amazing private tour with Sudarat! She was fantastic and planned the entire tour perfectly to suit our needs, especially since we were traveling with two small children. It was a great mix of culture and fun, which kept everyone happy. The kids especially loved riding in the tuk tuk and feeding the turtles – they had such a great time! Sudarat was very thoughtful, friendly, and knowledgeable, making the whole experience enjoyable for the entire family. We highly recommend Sudarat as a guide! Thank you again for such a memorable day!Amazing Tour with Kids
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Bhupinder Singh
7 January 2025
We had an absolutely wonderful experience on our tour with Sudarat in Bangkok. She is a warm, friendly, and knowledgeable guide who made our day truly memorable. We started by visiting Wat Pho to see the breathtaking Reclining Buddha. Sudarat shared fascinating details about its history and significance, answering all our questions with enthusiasm and genuine passion for her culture. Afterward, we went to a floating market and then enjoyed an exhilarating long-tail boat ride, which gave us a unique perspective of Bangkok’s waterways. Finally we asked her to take us to the Sikh Gurdwara, which she found for us and was also genuinely interested to visit the Gurdwara with us. Sudarat’s friendly demeanor and knowledge made the tour both informative and enjoyable. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Bangkok!Bangkok Experience with a Fantastic Guide
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Alison🇴🇲 Oman
3 January 2025
We had a beautiful day with Sudarat. Visiting the Temple and ruins in Attutaya provided a great view into life in Thailand, past and present. From feeding the fish and learning about the blend of religious observances in the temples to an utterly delicious lunch on the river, we could not have asked for a better day. She and our driver took care of everything so we could just take in all the sights and smells. Our children also really enjoyed the whole day, finding something at each sight to enjoy. Out of 10, this trip was an 11!A day to remember
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Claire🇳🇱 Netherlands
2 January 2025
Oh my god! Don't hesitate and book this food tour!!! Sudarat is the most lovely host you can imagine. Very kind, speaks English so well and is a total people person. She's travelled a lot herself and is a great conversationalist. And the food she takes you to taste, YUMMMM 😋. She goes out of her way to cater to your every need and I had an amazing evening with her. Highly recommended and I would go again if I would visit Bangkok another time. Thank you Sudarat ❤️Simply the best ❤️
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Linda🇳🇿 New Zealand
31 December 2024
We had a wonderful day with Sudarat visiting the Ayuthaya Historical Park. We chose a 7.30am start which worked so well! The car was very comfy, and Sudurat gave us heaps of information and answered hundreds of questions with a smile on her face all day. The tour is well balanced, plenty to do but not rushed. We had lunch at a lovely reasonably priced seafood restaurant by the river. I really enjoyed the boat ride on the river, as well as learning a lot more about Thai culture, history and Buddhism. It was really lovely to see lots of Thai locals out and about in the holiday season - dressing up in their traditional cosutumes for photos, and causing traffic jams waiting for special roti! Thanks Sudarat for a great day.Highly recommended tour to AHP
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Michael🇮🇪 Ireland
27 December 2024
From minute one from meeting Sudarat we knew the day would work out well , a more understanding knowledgeable , helpful guide you could not meet. We had a lovely day covered everything we had suggested , went to interesting places and kept us engaged for the day. We learned about culture , history , tradition but all in a lovely conversational manner , not a lecture you quite often get from guides. Her emotional intelligence to strike exactly the right note was excellent . Cannot recommend he highly enough.Lovely Approachable , Knowledgeable lady
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Jakob
16 December 2024
Sudarat gave us a very delicious foodtour in bangkok. She explained everything and told us interresting backround infos about the meals. All in all it was just perfect! Thanks :) Perfect Food Tour
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Katelyn
6 December 2024
We loved our food tour with Sudarat. We are some great food and the tour allowed us to see parts of Bangkok we otherwise wouldn’t have gone to! We learned some interesting things about the different food, drinks, fruits, and flowers we saw. Sudarat was very kind, informative, sweet, and accommodating! We really enjoyed our time with her and learned a lot from her. I would highly recommend her and this tour to any adventurous person who loves food. Wonderful tour!
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Chris🇺🇸 United States
20 November 2024
Sudarat was a fabulous guide. Sweet, fun and very knowledgeable!! Would highly recommend!!Awesome Guide!
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Ethan🇺🇸 United States
15 November 2024
Sudarat made my wife’s and I 24 hours in Bangkok exactly what we wanted to be!! Flew in from the states and had a day in Bangkok before heading to the islands and we told Sudarat we wanted to see as much of the city to get a feel for it as we could and try some good food. She delivered. She curated a day based on what we wanted and it’s what we got Everything was prompt, organized and informational We highly recommend her and would absolutely reach to her again if we were back!Sudarat was awesome!!!
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Gary🇺🇸 United States
13 November 2024
Sudarat was an excellent guide and was very flexible about the sites I wanted to see, in addition to her standard tour stops. I would highly recommend her.Busy day seeing best of Bangkok sites.
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Joshua
13 November 2024
My partner and I had such a wonderful time with Oi! I really wanted to try as much Thai street food as possible but I am allergic to soy and I also have celiac's disease. I messaged Oi and asked if she could cater to this and she responded quickly letting me know this would be no problem and even provided a message in Thai explaining my situation that I can use in the future. The tour itself was great! We tried a number of different classic Thai dishes and toured around where there were all sorts of vendors. If you're feeling more adventurous there were also lots of vendors selling more exotic things. Along the way Oi told us all sorts of little pieces of trivia and we had a great time. Highly recommended all round! Awesome tour! (Gluten free!)
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James🇸🇬 Singapore
29 October 2024
We had a wonderful afternoon being guided round some of the less-beaten paths of Bangkok. She was engaging, informative and sensitive to our preferences. Highly recommended. Great tour with Sudarat
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yvonne
27 October 2024
a day full of insights we would never have had when travelling by ourselveslocal experience at its best
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Gwen
28 July 2024
The tour was very nice and Sudarat was very kind. She ordered food based on our preferences (for me sweet, not spicy and for my aunt spicy and not sweet). The food was nice and the tuktuk ride was also very fun. We learned something about the food here. Sudarat helped us with some questions we had about the city and ordered a taxi for us to get back. She was very kind! Would recommend!Sudarat is a nice tourguide!
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Charlotte🇨🇦 Canada
2 June 2024
We loved our food tour with Sudarat. She was kind, attentive and we loved her recommendations. The food was among the best we’ve had so far. We had time to visit the flower market at the end, which was a nice surprise. The whole tour went seamlessly and we would definitely recommend it!Great experience!
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Tanya🇺🇸 United States
9 May 2024
My family of three (teenage daughter) did the food tour with Sudarat and loved it. Very informative, well paced and delicious. We got to choose our dishes and learned about more items that we actually ate (declined some offers to try things like the bugs). Sudarat was wonderful and I'd definitely do another tour with her. She was also very quick to respond to questions I had while planning.Amazing tour guide
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Andrea🇺🇸 United States
30 April 2024
I had such a lovely time on a one-on-one food tour with Sudarat! She was so kind and picked out delicious food for me to eat, we took a tuk tuk ride to the flower market and got to chat about living in Thailand. 10/10 recommend a tour with her!!Such a nice afternoon!
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Jami🇺🇸 United States
5 April 2024
Our group of five went on a tour with Sudarat and it was our highlight of Bangkok. She took us to an amazing temple, arranged it so we got to spend time with a Monk asking questions, and then took us around different markets. We asked her countless questions about the area that we were in, the different things we are seeing, and just about Thai life in general. She was very informative and kind the whole time. Our group didn’t eat breakfast that morning, and she took us to a great place to get lunch and it honestly felt like hanging out with a new friend. I highly recommend a tour with sudarat and we are so grateful to have spent time learning about more about Bangkok. Amazing experience with the best guide
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Christel🇨🇭 Switzerland
1 April 2024
We booked a privat tour for nearly 200 Euros as we wanted to experiance the real life in Bangkok. We were taken to a pagoda where tey kept krokodiles, saw a flower and vegtable market (which was interesting) took a 40 min boattrip through channels where the guide could not give us infos as the boat engine was so loud. The final meal is not worth to be mentioned.Strongly overpricef
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Louissa🇬🇧 United Kingdom
30 March 2024
We had a wonderful 3 hours with Sudarat on the hidden gems tour. We had 3 children aged 12,10 and 9 with us and it was super hot. Sudarat was calm, kind and considerate in the heat and made the whole experience very easy and fun. The kids LOVED feeding the turtles and the experience at the second temple they were so engaged. Tour was at a relaxed pace with stops for a cold drink and later ice cream/coffee. Sudarat answered all questions we had about Buddhism and the life of a monk. She was a pleasure to be around and fab with both adults and children. Thank you Sudarat. Fab time- highly recommend sudarat
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Herwig🇦🇹 Austria
13 March 2024
Dear Oi, thank you so much for this amazing day with you. We all apriciated sooooo much and you are the best guid we ever had. Hope to see you again in Bangkok. All the best for you. The guys from SalzburgAmazing Day in Bangkok
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Scott🇺🇸 United States
10 February 2024
If you’re visiting Bangkok (or, for that matter, Thailand) and don’t know much about Buddhism, I highly recommend this tour and Sudarat. Buddhism is such an integral part of the life and culture of the Thai people, and you’ll have a much greater appreciation after this tour. Sudarat clearly explained the religion and its history, and expanded on our questions, answering questions we hadn't thought to ask, and adding in personal experiences. As a long term resident of Bangkok she also gave us much information about the city and country, their history and life here. We also enjoyed her easy-going manner and nice sense of humor.Highly Recommended!

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My name is Oi and now I work as a tour guide for 5 years. I am really happy with this career as it fulfills me in that I can meet new people and show them my beautiful country. Everyday I take different people to see the local life and try new things that are part of my culture. Living in Bangkok, the city of angels, is thrilling, exciting and an adventure that I want to share with you!

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