Aahhhhh, the joy of air con in the Sky Train!! Smile for the camera!
Ready to explore the city of Bangkok, we took the new Sky
Train (which was super modern and had air con) to a stop where we jumped off
and took a river taxi down the Chao Praya River to the Grand Palace
downtown. There were many cool sites
along the river including the longboats with exposed V-8 engines driving the
propeller—kind of cool.
Mmmmm...I'll have one of those (whatever those is??)!
River taxi sites
People's homes along the Chao Praya River
A pagoda
Another pagoda
Another pagoda
Naval base
V8 engine driving this boat. Yeah baby!!
All pagoda'd out
Full pic of the boat driven by that V8 stolen from your car and shipped here
What Pho in the distance. The largest reclining buddha resides here (see pics below)
Please smile Shelley...the smells will pass
Fine, I'll smile for the both of us
The boat we were on. Real safe!?
Taxi sir? I don't think so...
The Grand Palace—the former royal residence-- had some
really beautiful grounds and history.
I’ll save you from the details, but the grounds are still used by the royal
family for special ceremonies. All you
heard over the loud speakers outside the palace was not to trust anyone outside
the walls. Yet, there were tons of
people trying to scam westerners and many still falling for it. Once inside, the lady selling the tickets made
sure we hadn’t been taken advantage of.
We visited Wat Pho, the largest and oldest temple in
Thailand that houses the largest reclining Buddha—46-meters long and 15-meters
high, finished in gold leaf. It was kind
of cool—check out its toes in the pictures
From there we walked about 5+miles, 2-huge rainstorms
through Chinatown. I have not seen so
much crap in one area. Stalls and stalls
of stuff, with lots of redundancies—boggles the mind.
Outside view of Wat Pho
The golden buddha
A mini version to give you an idea what it looks like because it is hard to take a good pic
It's toes
Full length pic
It has toe prints...how interesting?!
Cool looking towers
People come here and attach gold leaf to these sculptures
Another section of the temple
Ornate roof
More of the temple (almost done with temples everyone!)
Goodbye temples!
WHAT!! Is there a problem??
Last pic of the many many many many many many many temples we have seen
In the evening, we headed to the
infamous Khao San Road where guys are actually girls, massages being offered
aplenty, street vendors who sell junk they think westerners would be interested
in, and cheap food, but expensive beer.
We sat down for a couple of hours and enjoyed the scenery. It was interesting to say the least and one
night was plenty. And for about $1 each,
we had some amazing street food.
Typical traffic jam in Bangkok. We shall take the train from here
And they wonder why buses tip over here. But check out the talent Shelley has!!
A cool pole near our hotel. Just thought I would show you all
Shelley has been considering buying a fruit band for hair since Bangkok. Good idea Shelley?
Just rained in Chinatown and one thousand degrees!!
Please find me respite from the heat Shelley!
Lipstick pink taxis are in abundance here. Erik's favorite color
A memorial on our walk around the city. Don't remember what it was for (sorry)
The crazy Khao San Road
Yeah right!?!?
Woke up to a jack hammer in the alley way. Nice alarm clock...thank you Bangkok!
Awesome view from our hotel, okay maybe not
Shelley found another friend. Look how happy she looks!
I cannot believe we ran into the lunatic actor who was born of aliens. Shelley liked meeting him for some reason
Erik has been eating too much rice and noodles. The art gallery was not pleased
Erik mocking one of Tom Cruises space friends!!
Erik found a friend too! Fetch doggie
Don't know and don't want to know
Aaah, the cute couple enjoying the city life
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Okay
A non-eventful flight to Phuket,
thank goodness!! Late and to the hotel
without being taken too advantage of by the taxi driver, we grabbed a nearby
outdoor restaurant with some amazing Thai food and some mango shakes for
desert! We are ready to relax on the
beaches of Thailand.
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