Urban Hike 65: Saphan Taksin to ICONSIAM

Hello Hikers!

Welcome back to another one of our favorite hikes! We love walking across the Sky Park Bridge!

We'll start at Saphan Taksin station, walk parallel to the river through Chinatown and then across the Sky Park Bridge (https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/pr/1976143/the-chao-phraya-sky-park-a-new-landmark-for-bangkokians) and on to Icon Siam.

On this 8km hike, we'll be crossing the Chao Praya river on the Sky Park bridge and then pass through some of our favorite Thonburi neighborhoods on the other side.

We will meet at Saphan Taksin BTS Station, Exit 1 (at the bottom of the stairs) at 7:55, departing at 8am.

We'll start at 8am and walk for about 90mins, ending at Icon Siam around 9:30. It's easy to take the free ferry across back to Saphan Taksin, if you want to make it a loop. The view across the bridge is beautiful and we'll get some nice smaller streets both before and after!

Icon Siam is a great place to end the hike, since you can grab a snack, a meal, or do some shopping!

As usual please come prepared for hot weather: hydrate before you come, bring a drink and expect to be pretty sweaty by the end of our walk because we will be walking quickly!

Check out the map to see where we'll hike! (https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fA9wbHIUvi7lnv7yZXLVwS8zdID32y8&usp=sharing)

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 about 90 mis hours (finishing around 9:30am), 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.

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!

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.

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.

HOT WEATHER: We are not medical professionals and there are no medical services available on this walk. If you not used to extensive walks in this hot weather, you may want to wait until the weather cools down.

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 (or pick up some water, or stop for the toilet), feel free to stop your hike and explore - catching up with us later or meeting us at a later point on the map.

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