Bangkok, Venice na Gabas

Duk wanda ya ziyarci Bangkok tabbas ya san 'kogin sarakuna', Chao Phraya, wanda ke bi ta cikin birni kamar maciji.

Wannan babban kogin da magudanan ruwa da yawa (khlongs) sun ba Bangkok lakabin 'Venice na Gabas' a zamanin da. Godiya ga yawancin kwale-kwalen taksi, kogin da magudanan ruwa suma hanya ce mai kyau don tafiya ta wani yanki na Bangkok ba tare da cunkoson ababen hawa ba. Bankunan Chao Phraya suna da ban sha'awa saboda yawancin haikalin, tare da kyakkyawan Wat Arun (duba hoto) a matsayin cikakken haske.

Venice na Gabas

A cikin 1782, lokacin da Sarki Rama I ya ƙaura babban birnin kasar zuwa Bangkok, ƙaramin wurin kasuwanci ne a wani yanki mai fadama a bakin kogin Chao Phraya. Gina hanyar sadarwa mai sarƙaƙƙiya ta magudanar ruwa, wanda aka yi a zamanin Sarakuna Rama I zuwa Rama V, shi ne ya mayar da yankin zuwa ƙasar noma mai albarka kuma hanyar hanyar ruwa ta zama babbar hanyar sufuri. A wancan lokacin ana kiran Bangkok "Venice of the East", an haƙa magudanar ruwa tare da madaidaicin manufa. Zamantakewa ya wajaba a gina hanya kuma a hankali an cika magudanan ruwa da yawa kuma an shimfida su don yin aiki a matsayin hanya ta hanyar Bangkok da ke da cunkoson jama'a.

Yawon shakatawa tare da Chao Phraya

Ana iya samun manyan abubuwan jan hankali da kwale-kwalen taksi a cikin 'mile na sarauta' kuma yana tafiya daga National Museum da Grand Palace zuwa Wat Pho da Wat Arun. mafi sauƙi m. A kusa da nan za ku sami Mahadlekluang, Wat Yannawa da wasu sanannun otal. Idan kun tashi zuwa dama tare da Ratchawong Pier, za ku ga sassan Chinatown a can. Kuna iya ziyartar Kasuwar Sampheng ko Chinatown mai launi anan. Si Phraya Pier ita ce ƙofa zuwa Kogin City, tare da sanduna masu daɗi a gefen kogin kamar Viva Aviv da kuma shaguna da yawa da aka sani da kayan gargajiya. Hakanan tsaya a Praket zuwa Koh Kret, tsibiri na musamman a tsakiyar Chao Praya. Da alama kun ƙare a wata duniya tare da ciyawar kore da al'adun ku. Wani tip; guje wa lokutan kololuwar idan kuna son yin balaguron jirgin ruwa, yana da matuƙar aiki.

Tikitin rana

Hidimomin tasi na kogi guda biyu suna jigilar kogin Chao Phraya: sabis na jigilar jama'a, aiki amma mai arha. Sayi tikitin rana don jirgin ruwa na Express. Sannan zaku iya tashi da tashi duk inda kuke so. Jagoran da ke cikin jirgin yana ba da rubutu da bayanin abubuwan gani a hanya. Kamfanin Chaopraya Express Boat Company yana ba da tikitin rana na baht 75 kuma yana tashi kowane minti 30 daga Sathon Pier. Ɗauki BTS Skytrain kuma ku sauka a tashar Saphan Taksin Skytrain. Jirgin ruwan ya tsaya a manyan mashigin ruwa, Wat Arun, Grand Palace da sauran wuraren yawon bude ido. A gefen kogin, duba tsoffin haikali, ɗakunan ajiya na katako da gidaje a kan tudu, tare da sabbin gidajen kwana da manyan otal-otal masu tauraro biyar.

Lokacin da duhu ya shiga, kogin yana haskaka fitilu masu yawa a gefensa. Jirgin ruwa na maraice shine hanya mafi kyau don ganin hasken Wat Arun, kyakkyawan gani wanda dole ne ku gani kuma za'a iya tunawa a cikin ƙwaƙwalwar ku.