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Seen Rooftop Bar at Avani Hotel Bangkok

Willy Thuan 16 November 202222 January 20234082

Seen Rooftop Bar Bangkok [toc] Seen Rooftop Bar at Avani Hotel has an interesting location on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River, just opposite the famous Asiatique night market. In case you are not familiar with the Thonburi side of Bangkok, most people only visit when they go to Wat Arun. It might be why this rooftop can afford to be so vast, and Seen took full advantage

Wat Arun, the temple of Dawn

Willy Thuan 2 November 202218 January 202313363

What to do in Wat Arun? [toc] Wat Arun, also known as the temple of Dawn, is a significant landmark of Bangkok, built before 1656. It's much more modest than Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace or Wat Pho and the Giant Reclining Buddha, but its iconic shape is better known in many ways. Just look at the back of a 10 Baht coin, and you will recognise it

Bangkok Forensic Museum at Siriraj Hospital

Willy Thuan 17 August 202227 December 202211047

Bangkok Forensic Museum [toc] Bangkok Forensic Museum is not on people's top 10 list of things to see in Bangkok, at least not on a first trip, but it seems to rank high on people's 'Off the beaten track travel guide'. I guess a morbid curiosity and a desire to see something unusual is irresistible to the new generation of travellers. So we had to see it for ourselves. The

Three Sixty Rooftop Bar at Millennium Hilton Bangkok

Willy Thuan 16 August 202222 January 202310619

A great rooftop bar by the Bangkok riverside [toc] The Three Sixty Rooftop Bar at Millennium Hilton Bangkok is superb but under-appreciated. This might be because, seen for far, the bar seems to be inside an indoor panoramic cupola. This indoor bar has fantastic views as it seems to hang high above the busy Chao Phraya river, but it would not qualify as a rooftop if there were no outdoor