Urban Hike: 61 Thonburi North: An Urban Hiking Favorite!

We're back with another one of our favorite hikes!

We love the Thonburi neighborhood area (sometimes referred to as the "Brooklyn of Bangkok": https://www.travelfish.org/sight_profile/thailand/bangkok_and_surrounds/bangkok/bangkok/3206) for it's small colorful streets and quiet low-key vibe. As usual, we'll be hiking through small sois and unique Bangkok neighborhoods, with few large crossings. Along this roughly 10km walk, we'll see temples, markets, and lots of local color.

To keep things nice and convenient for you (and us!), we'll start and end at the same BTS: Wongwian Yai BTS.

We'll meet at 7:55am at Wongwian Yai BTS Exit 1 at the top of the stairs, departing at 8am.

This loop is an interesting walk through lots of interesting neighborhoods on the "other" side of the river.

For our new hikers: This is just a walk - not a tour. We won’t be stopping at local landmarks, but you’re welcome to leave the group and explore on your own if we walk by something you’d like to see.

For Bangkok locals: this is a great way to get out and explore different parts of the city - and meet other urban explorers!

We will be walking quickly (well, as quickly as the size of our group allows), so please be prepared for as much of an "outdoor adventure" as we can manage on the busy streets of Bangkok! We will walk for a little under 2 hours (finishing slightly before 10am), so there's no plans for a rest break, but as you can expect, we'll pass plenty of 7-11's and Family Marts if you need to stop in for an emergency drink.

If you haven't joined us yet please do! This is a great way to chat, take photos, and get to know one another. If you want to explore places more thoroughly along the way, feel free to stop your hike and explore- catching up with us later or meeting us at a later point on the map.

Check out the map to see where we'll hike! (https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1PBv582WBuuTIY0hidNeclSg8IrjEkb0&usp=sharing)

PLEASE NOTE: since the COVID-19 regulations have changed here in Thailand, we're not requiring hikers to wear masks. However, we recommend that you have them & wear them when we're in crowded locations, in line with local culture.

UPDATE YOUR RSVP: As usual, we have limited our numbers for this hike. We do this to make it more manageable to navigate with all of you. Please make sure that you will actually join us before RSVP-ing for this hike. And, of course, please update your RSVP if your plans change. We often have large numbers RSVP and not everyone shows up. Hopefully this will help us make better connections when we're hiking together too!

HOW THE WAITLIST WORKS: The waitlist will automatically move you up to “attending” if enough people cancel. This is why it’s important to change your attendance to “no” if you decide not to join after responding “yes”. This allows people on the waitlist to be bumped up in the order that they joined. Thank you!

RAIN: As always, if there is a light morning rain we will still walk, if it is a Monsoon chucking-it-down, flooding kind-of rain, we will cancel the hike

To learn more about Urban Hiking please visit here (https://www.meetup.com/Bangkok-Urban-Hiking-Meetup/about/) and to learn more about the organizers please visit here (https://www.meetup.com/Bangkok-Urban-Hiking-Meetup/pages/20260025/About_the_organizers/).

Hope to see you!

Kim and Alex