We spent about 5 days in Bangkok. Overall, I was impressed by the culture, the achitecture and design of certain buildings, the river/canals as well as the Thais' reverence for their royal family. By the way, I found out that Bangkok's actual name in Thai is Krungthepmahanakorn Amornrattanakosin Mahinthrayuthaya Mahadilokpob Noparat Rajataniburirom Udomrajanivej Mahasatharn Amornpimarn Awatarnsatis Sakatadtiya Wisanukamprasit.
Day 1
Checked into Trinity Silom hotel and took a ferry and tuk-tuk to dinner.
 | View while waiting for the ferry to take us across the Chao Phraya river... |
 | The other tuk-tuk... |
 | View from the restaurant courtyard... |
Day 2
We chartered a boat (pic below) near the Saphan Taksin sky train station for approx 2000 bahts to take us on a cruise for 2 hours. It was simply amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed the cruise. Some sights along the way:
We stopped by an orchid farm along the way...
...and a small floating market (Taling Chan Floating Market)- I have always wanted to visit one since I was ten. We had to wait for one of the canals to open up (can't quite remember why) so we decided to tuck into our food.
At the end, the boat landed at one of the stalls by the river (had to pay a small landing fee) and we ventured off to the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaeo). Interestingly, I found that that the 24-inch image of Buddha is not really made of emerald but of a single piece of jasper. There are three different sets of gold clothing, which are changed by the King of Thailand in a ceremony at the changing of the seasons - hot season, rainy season, and cool season.
Day 3
Shopping and Thai foot massage - my feet were so relaxed I thought they have gone to sleep.
Day 4
Chartered a "taxi" for approx 200 bahts to take us to the Ancient City (Muang Boran). The park is roughly in the shape of Thailand and reproduces (on a smaller scale) important buildings from around Thailand. The entrance fee is reasonable and I thought the trip was worthwhile.
Day 5
Visited the Dusit Palace complex which houses the Vivanmek Mansion (largest golden teakwood mansion in the world) and the Ananda Samakhom Throne Hall (impressive Italian architecture masterpiece).
Would definitely like to revisit Bangkok another time.
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