Gone fishing - to Bangkok !

A friend of mine retired to Bangkok and now runs a business taking people to lake fishing venues around the city. He invited me to come along for a few days, so in early March 2019, I did just that.

I flew out on Thai Airways' big A380 superjumbo to arrive into 34C sunshine. We met up and I stayed at his apartment conveniently close to the new airport.

A variety of waterways was explored and fished in, the pretty colourful tropical fish caught in contrast to the murky green waters they came from in one particular location visited! Perhaps the most memorable day was spent at Bungsaram fishing park, a purpose-built large lake that had been stocked with huge Mekong catfish and enormous carp-like specimens and several were caught during my day there.

Naturally, we spent some time in the city as well especially the evenings, which was easy to reach via the new airport train service. A local night market was close by which proved perfect for Thai street food whilst having the spectacle of landing aircraft right above you!

Bangkok isn't the most obvious of locations for a fishing holiday but given the amount of different waterways around the area anyone intending to do some fishing will not be disappointed. I will be delighted to help with travel arrangements and assist with my contact there to escort you to the interesting fishing venues around.