Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Day 6: Bangkok

Arrived around 9:30 am, checked into hotel by Sukhumvit road. 
First stop, local noodle shop!
Only 30 baht, but more importantly, was so so delicious.
Cool dessert thing, cost like $0.75 for a big box of these freshly made wafers with some sort of cream and shredded sweet carrots.

One of hundreds of vendors along the road


The Grand Palace - admission of 500 baht
Really interesting architecture

Murals

Reliquary - storage of sacred texts  




Rawr, I'm a monster


Good guard lion



The King's Palace I believe





Ministry of defense

Reclining Buddha - enormous and impressive

A friend of kittens everywhere

Prangs - architectural motif here



Check out my panorama:
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Wat Arun - Temple of Dawn







A tuk-tuk cart ride, we paid a flat rate so he was motivated to get us through fast. The ride was insanity, and a must-have experience in Bangkok.
Such a thrill that I can't wait to do it again.




It was crazy fast, like a go-kart ride in heavy urban streets






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