Thailand’s city of angels, Bangkok, is the most popular destination for backpackers travelling in Southeast Asia. It offers a cultural experience, with great sights and a buzzing nightlife. If a backpacking lifestyle is not for you, it is still possible to explore the city inexpensively. Trishma Borkhataria recalls her experience

I was cramped in a stationary three-seated Tuk-Tuk at midnight, surrounded by hundreds of people. It was hot, sticky, loud and smelt unfamiliar, but I was definitely not disappointed. I had read about the buzz of Bangkok, before I arrived in the city, but nothing seemed to capture exactly how it felt to be sitting at the heart of it.

The Tuk-Tuk was an amazing machine a motorized, open-air vehicle with a noisy engine. This particular vehicle had in-built disco lights and stickers of Liverpool FC all over the ceiling. The city was obsessed with British Football. I was obsessed with the city’s night life.

As the voyeur, I watched as people weaved their way through the traffic-jam, busy talking in Thai, laughing and joking with each other. There was an invisible window between myself and the crowd, if I stretched out my arms I could touch them, but they walked on without even noticing that I was there.

Our convoy of two Tuk-Tuk’s stood side by side in the jam. My five friends and I sat quietly, taking it all in. Squashed next to my friends, it was difficult to get comfortable. I wriggled down and slouched in my seat, leaning my head against the metal back-frame. I closed my eyes

After a moment, the unusual high-pitched engine kick started. As we slowly began to move, I silently thought about the past few days in Thailand’s Krug Thep, the city of angels.

I was the original anti-backpacker. I had been staying in a luxury four-star hotel with familiar treats such as a cooked breakfast, swimming pool and the use of my ghd’s. Bangkok has one of the largest concentrations of luxury hotels in the world. I was lucky enough to be staying at The Asia Bangkok hotel on Phayathai Road. It offered everything you could ever want in a hotel – good food and great facilities. In my party of six we each spent just under 10 a night, or 682 Thai Baht. I was living the life of luxury but still kept within budget.

I awoke every morning to an amazing array of food. Dim Sum, at my hotel’s Great Wall of China Restaurant, was my usual choice. When I wasn’t eating breakfast or having a massage I spend hours relaxing in the pool and Jacuzzi.

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