Thailand Trip: Jim Thompson House and Bangkok Madame Tussaud

Since I stayed in the heart of Bangkok, so I can reached many great places just by foot. One of them is Jim Thompson house. Jim Thompson is located in a small alley across National Stadium. 

I guess Jim Thompson house is often visited by foreigners, because they're so ready with english brochure and english tour guide. The ticket price already include the tour guide fee, so you don't need to worry of paying additional cost.

colorful silk thread at the entrance gate

the unraveled thread

the place to wait for the tour started

Jim Thompson is a silk trader from USA who fell in love with Thai. He is well known as the one who revitalized the silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s. He disappeared in 1959 and then Thai government took over his house and managed it as a tourism placed named Jim Thompson House to honor his services in Thai silk industry. I recommend you to visit this place if you want to understand the concept of traditional Thai house and (of course) the journey of Jim Thompson. 

The tour guide forbid us to take a photo of the furniture inside the house. So I only took the photo from outside the house.

the tour guide explaining about the house

the house from outside

After finished with Jim Thompson house, me and my traveling partner continued our journey to Siam Discovery mall, and went to the sixth floor where Bangkok Madam Tussaud was located. We already bought the ticket online, so we just show our online ticket.

The wax statue inside Madam Tussaud was look so similar with the real one, but of course you still can differentiate which one is real person and which one is statue because nothing can beat the realness of human skin. 

To help enjoying the place and made the visitors had memorable photo, Madam Tussaud provide some supporting equipment. The supporting equipment were available in Queen Elizabeth II's, Obama's family, Beethoven's, Steven Gerrard's, Madonna's, and Jackie Chan's statues. I really enjoyed taking pictures with all the wax statues >.<

with Indonesia first president, Soekarno

someone's looked so happy taking photo with Lady Diana

with Queen Elizabeth II

let me borrow your phone,  Mr. President

Beethoven was watching me playing with the piano

Hi Gerrard! Hi Rooney!

Yao Ming is so tall, I felt like a chihuahua

I used to be a Belieber

dancing with Madonna

with Johnny Depp

I can play virtual fighting too in here

tea time with George Clooney

with Lady Gaga

Xiexie Jackie Chan

XOXO,

The Tourist