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- Grand Palace and Wat Pho - Wat Arun (this was being repaired a few months ago, not sure if it's finished) - Take a day trip to Ayutthaya, one of the ancient capitals of Thailand - Jim Thompson's house - Chatuchak markets (aka weekend markets) - There's an aeroplane graveyard out in the eastern suburbs if you're interested in that. Google it for more details - If you like WW2 history the train up to River Kwai Bridge is nice, and there's a good museum (though the bridge itself is horribly touristed) - There's a market in the south-west which is basically built on train tracks, and every couple of hours the train rumbles through and everyone ducks out of the way. Forgotten the name, sorry! - Lots of great shopping malls, my personal favourite is Terminal 21 but Siam Paragon is ultra-nice as well - One street over from Khao San Road is Soi Rambuttri, it's quieter and has better food options. Less sleaze in front of a 14 y/o as well. Not sure about an elephant sanctuary but I'm sure there's one around as they're common in Thailand. Just make sure it doesn't include elephant riding as it's a horrible practice. You can do short trips to the beach from BKK (it's inland but not too far from the sea), but I didn't do that as we'd been through a bunch of islands on the way to Bangkok. Just avoid Pattaya as it's the worst beach spot in Thailand (dirty, crowded, sleazy, sexpats). Head on over to the SE Asia thread as well, there's a bunch of BKK goons who will have better recommendations than me!
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Yeah you can do all that and if you enjoy it then more power to you. But frankly I couldn't be hosed doing that every time I wanted to go somewhere. As I've said, you just go to a road and flag down a cab then ask for the meter. The ones driving rather than waiting will almost always do meter rather than haggling and in my experience are honest. Although that's just reminded me of a friend who arrived in BKK and immediately got suckered into a "free" tuk tuk ride. At the second suit shop he got his own back as his stomach was playing up, he used their bathroom and had absolutely rancid diarrhoea, which of course then wouldn't flush. Not the most popular tourist in Bangkok that day 
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GrabTaxi is the most common app I think. Uber is popular, dunno about Lyft. Honestly though I didn't have great experiences with taxi apps in Bangkok, as most drivers would accept your pickup request, then call and ask you to cancel so they can dodge fees and stuff.
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If you're going to use an ATM, withdraw a few days cash at a time, as all Thai ATMs now charge something stupid like 200 baht (about $6 USD) per withdrawal. That's on top of whatever your own bank charges you (it might be a flat fee plus a percentage commission).
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