1. It takes ages to go anywhere Sit in the back of a taxi during rush hour and it might feel like the city is just one giant parking lot for Thailand. Statistically, Bangkok was recently ranked as the eighth worst place in the world for traffic.
3. People! Everywhere! It’s a metropolis of well over 10 million, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of visiting tourists, so things can sometimes get a little bit crowded. Whether you’re shuffling along the narrow, stall-lined walkways at Siam or Sukhumvit, rubbing shoulders with tour groups at a temple, or struggling to get a table in a club, sometimes you just want to escape it all.
4. So hot, so very, very hot You know a city is hot when your legs start to sweat after a few minutes’ walk. Yes, Bangkok really is that hot, and going outside in the middle of the steamiest month (April) can feel too much like stepping into a sauna.