COUPLE BANGKOK VLOG! BOATING ON THE CHAO PHRAYA RIVER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MORE!

2023-10-02 · YouTube · Salah and Chantal · 9 min

Chantal and Salah explore Bangkok: they grab coffee, have lunch at a mall restaurant called Chester's (fish dinner and salmon), walk the streets encountering animals and parks, visit the Rama VIII Bridge and riverside, then take a crowded public boat ride on the Chao Phraya River between docks before ending the vlog.

Video guide

  1. 0:07 — Coffee and mall arrival
  2. 0:47 — Lunch at mall (Chester's) — fish dinner and salmon
  3. 1:36 — Street walk — dog and squirrel sightings
  4. 2:40 — Urban park visit (Sainte-Chapelle Parc-en-Parc)
  5. 4:00 — Riverside: Rama VIII Bridge and river observations
  6. 5:14 — Finding a dock and boarding the public boat
  7. 5:43 — Crowded boat ride on the Chao Phraya River
  8. 8:51 — Arrival at pier and outro

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Person — Chantal: Appears on camera, narrates portions of the vlog, reacts to scenes (films squirrel, comments about park and boat).
  • Person — Salah: Appears and participates in the trip; referenced during lunch (enjoyed salmon) and addresses Chantal during outro.
  • Restaurant — Chester's: Mall restaurant chosen for lunch; served fish options including a 'fish square' (giant fish stick) and tartar sauce.
  • Food — fish dinner / fish square (giant fish stick): Chantal describes a fish square served with salad, tartar sauce, and fries; she said it was pretty good.
  • Food — salmon and rice dish: Salah ordered a salmon and rice dish and enjoyed it.
  • Food — tartar sauce: Condiment served with the fish dinner.
  • Food — fries: Side served with the fish dinner.
  • Place — Rama VIII Bridge: Cable-stayed bridge crossing the Chao Phraya River, shown and described in the video.
  • Place — Chao Phraya River: Main river in Thailand; the vlog documents riverside viewing and taking a public boat ride on it.
  • Place — Sainte-Chapelle Parc-en-Parc: Described as a small urban park they visited during their walk.
  • Pet — unnamed dog: Dog on the street that appeared to have a broken paw.
  • Food — water hyacinth (river plant): Large mats of plant matter observed floating down the river, likely water hyacinth (described as invasive weed).

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