Bangkok, Thailand 2010

After our 2 days in Siem Reap we go back to Bangkok, Thailand to go back to Manila.  We only have 1 night and 1 whole day to spend in the city.  We check-in to small hostel in Khao San road, the famous "backpacker ghetto".   I cant remember the name of the hostel, but its one of the many chains of hostel in Bangkok.  Its not recommendable, the ambiance and the smell, but fair enough as we only need a place to put our things, sleep and take a bath.  Our experience in Bangkok is not the best in my travel diaries.  Just like in Manila, you have to be careful in dealing with people, or it can be worse.  I thought that we can do a lot of shopping there, but the malls that we went to was just like our 168 in Divisoria.  After our disappointment with the malls, we went to Patpong and were able to watch "skills" you never know existed.  You have to be careful when you go there, as you can be charged too much for a beer that you wont even touch.

 Suvarnabhumi International Airport

This is funny, we were instructed to do this by a tuktuk driver.  Maybe he's dying of laughter while watching us doing this amf!

 

Reclining Buddha

chedis of smaller size contains the ashes of the royal family, and large ones contain the ashes of Buddha.

Wat Pho Temple Complex

The Grand Palace, we didn't bother to go inside because during that time the palace is under renovation and you have to pay for an entrance fee.  You cant go inside the palace premises if your wearing shorts or sleeveless shirts but you can borrow something like malong from them to cover-up.

We went to the country side to experience a canal tour.  I don't

know how it become a tourist attraction, as the water is dark and murky.

 

Lots of spices are being sold beside the canal

 

It was actually a community alongside those canals,  I wonder if ever they had a dengue outbreak in that place surrounded by murky waters.

 

There's a cobra show, I don't dare to watch

 

They worship their royalties, I heard you should not say anything against the King and Queen if you don't wanna be in trouble.

 

Their taxis are painted pink