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Unlike McD in Melbourne where you have to pay 20cents for a little packet of tomato sauce, it’s use as much as you like here in BKK

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Location: Yaowarat (Chinatown), Bangkok

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One of my fav shots. I love the earthy tones

This is a type of vegetable known as water lily. Not sure what it is called in Thai. It taste even better than kangkung (water spinach). I have never seen or heard about this vegetable being consumed elsewhere.

Stir-fried water lily

Crispy pork skin – another local delicacy

Roasting chestnuts

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Dinner at Suan Lum Night Bazaar. The entrance to the Suan Lum Night Bazaar Food Court

Breakfast at the hotel the following morning

At the lobby

Took the underground train and got off at Kamphaeng Phet station to get to Chatuchak Market. Spent the day here.

Later that night, walked around the area in search of dinner.

Final day in Bangkok. Returned to Yaowarat (Chinatown) to offer prayers at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat.

Last look before heading back to the hotel

Checked-out, hailed a taxi and headed for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Aiport, and flew back to Melbourne Tullamarine Airport.

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View from our table. Passengers exiting the pier.

Travelling on the Chao Phraya River via the Chao Phraya Express

The muddy Menam Chao Phraya with Wat Arun in the background.

We landed at Pier 9. Sights as we exit the pier and headed towards the main road

Dragonfruit or Pitaya

Duku

Coconuts

Variety

Wat Pho was out first destination. This is the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. In reality, the Buddha didn’t seem too majestic due to several pillars obstructing a full view of this otherwise imposing figure. Out of respect I normally do not take frontal photos of religious figures especially inside religious sites. This and this was somehow an exception.

Stupa

Next destination was Wat Phra Kaew or Temple of the Emerald Buddha. This is located in the same complex as the Grand Palace. Photos are not allowed to be taken inside the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and respect was shown.

A model of Angkor Wat sits just outside the temple.

Taking a closer look

At the Grand Palace

The final destination was Wat Arun – Temple of the Dawn.
Suffering from major acrophobia, I have problems with locations like this and this. After a few ascending steps, my legs will begin to go weak. And that isn’t the worst. Descending is the worst. I can be pretty pathetic sometimes.

We boarded the Chao Phraya Express back to the pier near our hotel.

the view from the room

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This is where we showered

and dipped

and relaxed

heading off to the train station

Purchasing tickets at the Ayuthaya train. It cost 18 baht per person for one way to Bangkok.

I needed a drink. I walked over to the vendor to grab one and had the opportunity to utilise the Thai survival phrases that i had crammed in prior to this trip.

Me: pointing at the can of Pepsi..”thao rai”
Vendor: “sip ha baht”
Me: hands the vendor 15 baht and reach over to grab the drink
Vendor: “yen yen..” and pulled out a chilled one from the cooler box so i figured that yen yen most probably means cool, cold or chilled or something along that line
Me: “Khop kun ka“, took the can from the vendor, smiled and walked back to the seating area

(Females use ka and Males use kap. So a man would say Khop kun kap instead, meaning thank you)

Waiting for our train to arrive.

It is always a good idea to learn some local phrases when travelling in a foreign country, especially when a different language is spoken. The number one rule of travelling – Respect the culture. Unlike this pack of gaijins in Japan.

On the train back to Bangkok…

After dropping our packs off at Muangphol Mansion, we walked to the Jim Thompson House which is located in a neighbouring street.

Then it was more shopping at MBK. Some of the loot.
We checked out from Muangphol in the evening to move to a hotel situated in the Riverside area. We did so because it’ll be nice to see other sides of Bangkok as well. And it’ll be easier for us tomorrow when we visit the Wats.

We ended the night with foot massage just across the road from the hotel.

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