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BANGKOK, THAILAND, INTERESTING AND FUN PLACES TO VISIT WITHIN THE CITY.

INTERESTING PLACES TO VISIT IN BANGKOK. PART 1.

Bangkok is an amazing City to live in, I've lived here for a long time now and I still Discover new and exciting places all the time, many are only a stone throw away from Major shopping Malls or Tourist Destinations.

 Here I want you to come on a journey with me and Explore and Discover what makes Bangkok such an exciting City to live in, and and also to explore as a traveller. Some places will be on Tourist Guide Books and Maps, but many WILL NOT and we,ll always try to find something a little bit different or give you a little bit more.

one such example is Jim Thompson's House.

OH! I might hear you say, this is on so many guide books. Well Yes it is....BUT !...AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BUT !!!

JIM THOMPSON HOUSE IS A BIT OF AN OASIS !

THAI BEAUTY , SILK AND FEMALE COMBINED !

OK, First of all the basics, Jim Thompson was an American, who, like me, fell in Love with Thailand and it's people, we have to go back in time a wee bit to the end of the second world war. He basically settled here and built a business here , a silk business and this is his house.

I strongly recommend this place and I also suggest you pay 100 Baht for a guided tour of the house, it lasts about 35 minutes and is fairly informative and interesting, telling the story or Mr. Jim and what happened top Mr. Jim. a bit of a mystery!!!! I don't want to spoil anything, so go along and discover more!

The main reason I would suggest this trip besides the House and it's story; is the area. It's in the Heart of  all the Shopping Malls and chaos that is Down Town Bangkok, but here you'll find peace and tranquillity and a nice bit or greenery in the midst of concrete and steel, a real Oasis,

There is a restaurant selling good quality food, a little bit pricey but worth it to have a rest in the surroundings, there is also a shop where you can buy a souvenir or two, mainly silk, but the quality is excellent, again a bit pricey ! 

 THE VILLAGE IS JUST ACROSS THE CANAL .

 After the Tour and when you've looked around the shop or had a snack, take a step back and now let's do the lok8rboutique thing and we'll have a little explore.(I will be writing a more comprehensive blog about this soon).              EXPLORE AND DISCOVER WITH LOK8RBOUTIQUE.COM

EXPLORE AND DISCOVER THE AMAZING MUSLIM VILLAGE
PRODUCING TOP QUALITY SILK.

 Come out of J.T. House Museum and turn left walk a few meters towards a wall, yes sounds odd, and behind the wall you'll discover the canal or as they call it in Thai. Again turn left and follow the footpath until you come to a footbridge, cross over the canal and again turn left following the footpath, you should be walking away from J.T. House. You'll see a couple of signs with silk or silk weaving or the old Jim Thompson on them, go and follow them and you.ll discover a couple of really old families producing silk, it really is top quality and you should find some good bargains too ! It is down a very narrow alley way it may look a bit intimidating but it's fine and the people you meet there are really friendly and very hospitable.

LOOK OUT FOR THE SIGNS.

THE NARROW WALKWAY WHERE YOU'LL FIND SILK WEAVING.

A SILK WEAVER PRACTISING HIS AGE OLD ART.

IT'S LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME 

HAND MADE AFFORDABLE QUALITY HANDICRAFTS
PRODUCED IN THE HEART OF BANGKOK.

REAL ECO TOURISM AT IT'S BEST....SIMPLE YET REAL, SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO BE AN ECO TOURIST / TRAVELLER DIRECT IN THE MIDDLE OF BANGKOK.

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Discovering Quality in Laos & Thailand.

Affodable-Quality Friendly Local Indy-Biz.

EXPLORE AND DISCOVER AFFORDABLE QUALITY FRIENDLY LOCAL INDY BIZ  IN LAOS AND THAILAND.

                                                                                                      

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Local Handicrafts and Art

 Wow! This a difficult one, so how do you discover quality in Laos and Thailand?
 It has taken me 5 years of hard work so far! Thailand is really well known for copy this and copy that. However, there are so many talented people producing original, quality items, but like many things they don't get the headlines.Laos on the other hand, is up and coming, and people really don't know what's available in Laos.

 Very often quality is there, but it's only available at a really inflated price, far, far too expensive for Locals and really not affordable for many Traveller's and Tourist's.

we at lok8rboutique have been Exploring and Discovering Laos and Thailand in an effort to find Affordable Quality and bring it to everybody. We are trying to use a variety of Media to draw peoples attention to Affordable Quality in Laos and Thailand, but, not only that we have also been concentrating on Local Business and Friendly Local Business too.
  So what we are doing is developing a really comprehensive and cool web site that is dedicated to Exploring Discovering and promoting top quality people and products in Laos and Thailand. We are updating and growing, we're making  it personal, we meet and greet everyone on our web site and we ensure that their services are real and original and that it's a quality business ran by friendly quality people. Simple, yet very time consuming .

 We have been Exploring and Discovering Affordable Quality Friendly Local Indy Biz in Laos and Thailand, bringing you hidden Gems just off the Beaten Track, often getting some amazing assistance off Local Folk, other times just walking and trekking back streets and discovering some amazing places and meeting fantastic people from all walks of life.
We use the term ECO Traveller, OR Eco Tourism, for us ECO is really simple it's all about using LOCAL and when we're in a Foreign Country we are often really cautious, too cautious about using Local Businesses, or even eating local food. Having lived in Thailand for about 7 Years I see many Traveller's and even Ex-Pat's who are afraid or using Local Businesses and Local Products and Local Food, so that's were we come in, we are trying to make it easier to find Local and Experience Local and find and experience Friendly Local Independent Business in Laos and Thailand.
When Traveller's use Local Independent Business we are trying to ensure that Local People will Directly Benefit from you using their services and this in turn will encourage more Local Indy-Biz and ensure Quality too. We are also wanting Indy-Biz to be sustainable and last and not disappear.

WE ARE DITCHING THE MALLS AND THE 5 STAR HOTELS AND THE UP MARKET RESTAURANTS!

WE ARE GOING LOCAL!

EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING AFFORDABLE QUALITY FRIENDLY LOCAL INDY-BIZ.

WE ARE WALKIN' AND TALKIN' TO LOCAL INDY BIZ AND LOCAL FOLK TO DISCOVER WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING!

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TRAVEL, LIVE ,  ON-BIZ  IN LAOS AND THAILAND.
LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE QUALITY LOCAL INDY-BIZ.
WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING IN LAOS AND THAILAND.
WHATEVER YOUR AGE OR WHEREVER YOU'RE FROM, FAMILY, ECO-TRAVELER, OR MOTORCYCLIST, WE WANT TO HELP YOU DISCOVER  THE AMAZING PEOPLE WE KNOW!

 So if you're planning a visit, a business trip or you live to Laos or Thailand and you're in search of quality that is affordable then check us out! Affordable-Quality Friendly Local Indy-Biz.
  www.lok8rboutique.com,  is coming to you bringing you great Shopping, Food and Drink, Accommodation, Sport and Leisure, Transportation, Health and Spa, Artist and Designer and Services. Discover even more on YOU TUBE!, TWITTER!! FACEBOOK!, and more besides.Just look out for lok8rboutique, we are trying our best to bring you some great Travel Tips and Information.
 So no matter what you're looking for will be able to find it, and if you can't contact us and we will do our best to find it for you.
With lok8rboutique Quality does not mean Expensive! Affordable Quality is what we are about.
  We need your help and input too.We have a " You Recommend" page and we would love you to share your experiences with us, if you have found a cool hotel, an amazing restaurant or even a great car hire company, let us know and we can go and check them out. We want to build a community of like minded traveller's , business people and people who are now living in Laos and Thailand.