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only in bangkok can you start your day with grabbing a

coffee then heading straight to a muay thai fight before noon

sipping on cocktails at one of the most famous rooftop bars

and then ending the night wandering through the streets on the

hunt for the best mango sticky rice welcome to the bangkok vlog

and if we haven't met yet hi i'm jasmine i live in bali

and for the past few years my fiance

and i have been bouncing around the world sharing with you all of our travel adventures

so if you like

that kind of content be sure to subscribe to my channel

now since bangkok is only a four hour flight from bali my friends

and i spontaneously booked this trip kind of last minute

because we really wanted to explore the city for a few

days we spent the first few nights at the dusatani hotel

which is located right next to the lumpini park

and honestly you guys it was amazing we had such a lovely stay at this hotel

and i couldn't recommend it enough

and for our last night of the trip we did check into the standard hotel

which was also very chic and very comfortable so

if you're anything like me

and you love to eat your way through a city you

are going to love this video we're going to be stopping

by some popular restaurants checking out some local food stalls visiting

a dispensary walking through one of the hippest neighborhoods in bangkok

and of course unwinding at a head spot i'll be linking everything in the description down below

so you can take my recommendations and

if i missed one of your favorite spots in bangkok be sure to drop it in the comments below

so somebody else can take your recommendation.

So whether it's your first time in Bangkok, like me, or your fifth time, there's definitely something here for you in this video.

Let's get this vlog started with our perfect one -day itinerary.

First, we need to go get caffeinated, and then we're heading straight to a Muay Thai fight.

So, we're representing the young Taylor, I am Tony!

Oh, my God!

Thank you.

fights you guys that was an insane way to start the day

but honestly so much fun

so shout out to my friend tangmo who was like you need to go see a muay thai fight

because that was so worth it we are at n sphere now

which is like a huge mall that has so many different food stalls

and i heard that the food inside the malls is actually really good

so i'm excited to try it

and then we're going to do a little shopping today the weather is a bit rainy this morning

but the sun has started to come out, so let's go eat.

Oh my god.

You want to be good?

I'm off those, I'm off those

one thing about bangkok

that really surprised me is how much it reminded me of

tokyo now wait wait wait wait wait wait before you come

for me in the comment section hear me out i know

that these are two completely different cities countries culturally historically

and even aesthetically but it was more of just this initial first impression feeling

that i got that really caught me off guard

that i wasn't expecting it's kind of like

that fast -paced neon lit slightly chaotic but somehow everything is still flowing together and working perfectly vibes

like the super clean malls the very efficient train system the stylish people

and all of the tiny alleyways with like the best food

of your entire life kind of just gave me these like

tokyo flashbacks of course once you start spending enough time in

bangkok the differences really make themselves clear it's a bit more

in your face the weather is a lot more tropical

and the city itself is way louder after walking around the

emsphere mall for a bit doing some shopping We were ready to head back to the hotel

and start getting ready for our first night out

of course on your trip to bangkok you're gonna want to check out the tachuka bar

because it's one of the most iconic rooftop bars in bangkok

they do not take reservations it is all first come first serve

and if you are planning to come around sunset just know

that there will very likely be a line

so plan ahead i honestly think that even

if you have to wait in a bit of a line

it is totally worth it it's just one of those really

cool buzzy spots in bangkok perfect for golden hour drinks

and some really cool photos now for dinner i have something really special

that i can't wait to share with you guys my thai

girlfriend who's lived in bangkok recommended isaiah's siamese club now this

restaurant did not disappoint it has also won multiple awards

and has been featured on asia's 50 best restaurant list

and the food was absolutely delicious it was so flavorful

and the presentation of the food was also really fun

and creative it's kind of like this elevated thai cuisine

so you get a lot of those like familiar traditional flavors

but kind of with this like modern twist

and the restaurant itself is really cool it's actually a restored old thai villa

and it's surrounded by this lush garden so

when you walk up to the restaurant it kind of feels

like this little hidden oasis in the middle of the city it's definitely a memorable experience

and we really enjoyed the food here okay

so we're on the hunt for really good mango secret

but yeah what is this how does this one look who's got the best one how about this one here oh

Wow.

This is so good!

You're okay, you're okay, I'm okay.

Oh my god.

Good morning.

we are up we got to sleep in a little bit today since last night we went to bed

so late after the little night market

that we went to i wasn't in bed until 1 a .m

so today we slept in a little bit we went straight to come cafe

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which actually in thai this word is pronounced with an o

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and two little dots above it i think that's why you see the little eyes as x

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but it's pronounced and it is a word that means funny

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so get your head out of the gutters it's not what you think it means

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but we came to cum cafe it's really nice it's got

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this like little courtyard here it's inside of a plaza called

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the office they have juice they have food they have the

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cafe i think during the evening there's like a sushi spot

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that opens up here as well

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but really nice coffee i got matcha greg got a caramel latte

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and aunt got the coconut cream latte

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so i got to try a little bit of everything

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and it was really good ryan also got a juice

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that was delicious as well

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so we are just going to hang out here grab a

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little food fuel up a bit get a little caffeinated

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and then start exploring for the day guys is this

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that building where thailand just had the earthquake and i don't know

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if you guys saw it

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but the man literally jumped from one part to the other as the sky bridge was breaking i don't know

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if this is the same building but it does look like it Oh my gosh, that is just so insane

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It's good.

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It's legit.

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It was a sight to see.

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Yeah, just like the whole bathroom was like retro.

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That is legit mango sticky rice.

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Okay, right, what did you think?

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Really good.

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So good how did you find

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that spot um on google it's like it's this local spot

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where they've been making mango sticky rice with the same recipe for the last 80 years

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so yeah it was it was really good it was really good

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and you always know when a restaurant's only serving one thing

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that that is like truly what they specialize in okay

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so now we can't be in thailand without having pad thai

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which we haven't had any yet

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so we are going to a super popular spot to grab some pad thai so let's go eat

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mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm

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mmmm mmmm mmmm

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mmmm That was the exhaust valve.

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9 out of 10.

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Why is that so funny to me?

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Mmm.

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You guys, that's legit.

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I'm going to go ahead and add a little bit of the lime juice.

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Mmm.

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Mmm.

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This is what I wanted.

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I'm breathing in and it's making me That was so fun.

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so we're literally inside of a dispensary

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and this is like a little smoking cafe room where they

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have like a tv video games they have a bunch of board games down here

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that you can play like games on the tv

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and you can literally just buy weed downstairs

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and smoke up here this is like bringing me back to

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like this looks like somewhere like you'd smoke weed on someone's

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house in high school greg would you get there i have

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no idea a little something something is it in the couch or in the cut

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okay it's a diva so that's what in the cut just give you energy okay yeah

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so that's an up in the cut the couch in the cut in the couch so

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So before this trip I did a ton of research as

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I do on what cool neighborhoods in Bangkok I really wanted to visit

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and that's how I found this area which is on Sangwat Road

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and it's this tiny little riverside street it's actually made it

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on timeout's top 40 coolest neighborhoods in the world this area on songwap road came in at number 39

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which is honestly crazy considering how small this area is this road is literally only a 20 meter stretch

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but it's full of

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so much charm i just really enjoyed walking around on these

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streets popping into the little shops you've got like really cool

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old school shop houses some really cool trendy cafes there's some different galleries

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and it just feels like this creative artsy kind of energy

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so if you love exploring little spots and neighborhoods

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that feel very unique

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and full of character songwatt road is really where you want to be it's definitely worth the visit

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and i really wish i could have stayed popping around into all these little shops a bit longer

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but everybody was getting ready to wrap it up and head back to the hotel

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I'm so excited.

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Let's get started.

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Thank you.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Let's get started.

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Thank you.

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good morning ryan i woke up at a nice time we got to sleep in

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which was a treat um went over to stockroom

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which is a very cutesy little coffee shop hidden on this little local road people are just like out

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and about they got like little things out they're doing their laundry it's very local i love

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that and now we are going to a head spa

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which i'm so excited to be treated Head spas in Asia in general I just think are the best.

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The last time Ryan and I did a head spa was in Japan a few years ago.

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So we're ready to get treated.

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Let's go to siesta.

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Thank you.

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We'll be right back.

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Tell me, what did you think of your first head spa?

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That was so good.

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I cried a little bit.

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I actually was massaging me.

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I was just...

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Watering your stuff.

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This is so great.

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It was so good.

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That shit was amazing.

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I started doing it in every country.

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Especially in Asia, they're the best.

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Yeah, I did it.

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Oh, amazing.

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Okay.

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Alright, now we're going to go get food because we're all sturdy.

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What better way to end our Bangkok trip than doing a food tour?

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This is one of my favorite things to do anytime I'm visiting a new city

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and we always book them through airbnb experiences

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so we are venturing through a super local part of bangkok

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this is on the other side of the river from where we are staying

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so this is considered old bangkok we're going to start the trip here

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and then move our way over to where the new bangkok is

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and try a bunch of local food and that's another thing

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that i love so much about these food tours is

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that you get to visit a bunch of spots

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that you would normally maybe not go to like i am also learning

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so much i did not know that there was a new bangkok

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and an old bangkok so very excited we're gonna be eating

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so much we went and visited a temple really quickly got a quick little history lesson on

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buddhism and now we are gonna go eat so let's go check it out

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we've taken a quick break from the food tour to come out here

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and feed turtles this is like something that they do this is like a family activity

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um and yo -yo our guide was like do you have anything like this in America

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and I said yeah we feed ducks like

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if there's like ducks in the pond he's like well what do you feed them

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and I was like we give them bread he goes

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but they're vegetarian I know I know that's just an American thing we do

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so we've got these little sticks okay

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so we have a little bit of pork meat on a stick

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and we're just gonna give it to the turtles down here my god you guys are crazy that is spooky looking

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god damn right give it to them

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not you since i've been living in southeast asia for the

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past four years it has completely changed the way i experience cities like bangkok I'm not overwhelmed by the chaos at all.

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I am very comfortable and I know how to move through it The heat doesn't bother me at all.

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I know how to drive my own scooter But i'm also very comfortable riding on the back of somebody else's scooter I'm,

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not worried about eating the street food and honestly The years

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that i've spent in bali have really made my time here in bangkok a thousand times more enjoyable

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because i'm just able to fully embrace the culture explore it without any hesitations no reservations

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and just be super present okay next up we're having some dim sum

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and it's like in a clear broth because we just had

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so many different spices

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and like super flavorful food we need something a little bit lighter to kind of cleanse the palate so let's see

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it's like a little shrimp dim sum it's delicious now there's literally a train coming oh my god you guys it's huge

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okay right give me your Thai nickname how do you say

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coconut proud how do you how do you say coffee oh I had all this time to think

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and I really did how do How do you say chocolate?

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It's actually chocolate.

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No, no, in Thailand we say Okay,

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this is a very famous egg yolk ice cream

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With some jellies on it right you want to take a bite is

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that good so good really describe the flavor if you can

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sweet i don't taste much egg what do you think um i love it though

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tastes like an all natural ice cream okay something

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that just bangs super hard no artificial flavors just really hits

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let's try the little let's have you try yeah i want to try a bite

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I'm just going in for the squid ink is pretty squid ink jellies squid ink jellies

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I want to teach everyone how to make it

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and then I want to see

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which one do the best for tonight everyone look at yo

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-yo how we're gonna do we'll pick one leaf everyone one leaf

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we fold it down 45 degrees like this like like see

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i'll go back i'm gonna go back okay look at it

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we are now at a night market flower night market it used to be a seafood market

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but the smell was so bad that they needed to take the seafood out

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and replace it with something that It smelled good, so now it's a flower market it we are doing a flower petal folding competition

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and whoever can fold this the most beautiful wins

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and it's gonna be judged by the owners of this flower stand

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so I'm gonna go ahead

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and fold this everybody's behind me super focused you can see them I'm gonna over here gonna beat them nobody knows

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I am really good at this.

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See?

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Pretty.

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Okay, here we go.

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gonna judge them okay the daughter which which one is the most beautiful and i'm waiting for you hold this

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let me hold yours bro that i think is that thing is mine is struggling

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so give a big hand to a couple gonna work here tonight

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this is seriously the coolest thing we just did a flower

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folding competition we are walking through this night market there's

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so many people out right now this is just such a cool unique experience completely different side of Bangkok

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that we haven't seen yet I'm so stuffed also from all the food

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that we just ate so it's nice to walk around

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and get some steps in look at this it's a monday night everybody's out

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and about selling their flowers fruits all of their local things i just love it

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and everybody's happy oh these are so cute

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that's it for the bangkok vlog you guys thank you

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so much for coming along with me this trip was truly

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so memorable for me and

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when you're exploring other cities don't be afraid to learn a

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few words in the local language try the street food

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and really connect with the culture

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and the locals it just makes experiencing these new cities

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and countries so much more special and memorable thanks so much for watching i'll see you in the next video Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 302 sentences and 3113 words to shadow. The speech runs for 32:41. The speaker talks slowly, about 95 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bangkok noun		A kind of straw hat.
flower noun	/ˈfloʊɚ/	A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
explore verb	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	To examine or investigate something systematically.
fold verb	/ˈfəʊld/	To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
mall noun	/mɔːl/	A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
mango noun	/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/	Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
juice noun	/d͡ʒuːs/	A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
delicious adjective	/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/	Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
couch noun	/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/	An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
flavor noun	/ˈfleɪvə/	The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
legit adjective	/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/	Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.
memorable adjective	/ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/	Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
sticky adjective	/ˈstɪki/	Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
jelly noun	/ˈd͡ʒɛli/	A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and…
insane adjective	/ɪnˈseɪn/	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
go back verb		To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
walk around verb		To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
walk through verb		To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
bounce around verb		To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic.
come around verb	/kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/	To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	have been bouncing · they've been making · i've been living
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't met · has started · has also won
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is located · has been featured · is pronounced
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	guys that was · area which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 79 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, breathe /bɹiːð/, earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, southeast /sawˈθɪjst/, broth /bɹɔθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, historically /hɪˈstɔɹɪkli/, vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bangkok, flower, explore.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?