Thailand Trip: Chao Praya Dinner Cruise

Chao Praya river has big function in Bangkok, it's not only used to paint the town, but also as a medium of transportation. People in Bangkok really takes the benefit of Chao Praya. It can be used as a short cut road, because some area are in busy traffic if you reached it by car. Besides for transportation, many company use it to help the tourist enjoying the city by cruising the river, such as a Chao Praya dinner cruise.

There are many company that offer the dinner cruise, you can easily search it on google. After searching and googling, I chose White Orchid River Cruise. My traveling partner made online reservation prior we went to Bangkok. When in Bangkok, we didn't need to worry about how to get to the cruise because the cruise provide pick up service from our hostel to the cruise.

When we entered the cruise, we were welcomed by a jazz player and also a Thai traditional dance. The series of foods already stand by on the table, but we're only allowed to start the dinner when the cruise started sailing.

the welcoming jazzy tunes

thai traditional dancers

waiting the buffet to open

the appetizers

view of Wat Arun temple from inside the cruise

After eating, my traveling partner asked me to get some fresh air and enjoy the view in outside the cruise. From there I can see Grand Palace temple and Wat Arun temple at night. They looked so majestic with yellow spotlights.

Wat Arun temple view from outside the dining room

Actually the food was so so, but what I like most was the great view and also the amazing performance that were provided by the cruise. There were dancer that act and sing (lip sync actually) like Marilyn Monroe, Jenifer Lopez, and another sexy creature. The audience were so amused by their stage performances.

Marilyn Monroe look alike

Jenifer Lopez look alike

the sexy and crazy dancer

When the sexy dancer finished her dance, the lights in the room started become darker and more looked like a clubbing place. The audiences started dancing on the dance floor. A group of people who sat near the singer looked really enjoyed the show and started dancing along with the song, until I heard one of them speak in Bahasa. Meeen... why I met Indonesian people again in here -___-

looks like a clubbing place

I just enjoyed the show from my seat

After the performances, I took time to get to the roof of the cruise and found out the view from there was a whole lot better that standing just outside to room like I did previously, because the you could see all the amazing view from higher places.

view from the cruise roof

Finally, the cruise back to the harbor and all the passengers went out from the cruise. After that we just went to the place that was mentioned by the driver, and then he picked us up and drove us back to the hostel.

the passengers went out from the cruise

XOXO,
The Tourist