We were in Bangkok for a few days. From my perspective, it is another large Asian city. It is also a shopping paradise to some of us. The group bought a total of 4 netbook-computers in a day. What impressed me most this time around; the city was relatively traffic jam free and a lot cleaner – both in the streets and river/canals. We stayed in the old part of the city and we walked everywhere we went, except one evening we were caught in the very heavy rain.
If you are visiting Bangkok for the first time, you would have visited at least one of the Wats or some structure closely resemble a Wat, and here are some photos:
We walked through the flower market at the southern end of the old city. It was very colourful.
Even along the main roads, purple coloured orchids (Thailand's national flower) sprouted over the footpath.
Just south of ChinaTown, ladies were still practice the old method of "waxing" using threads. Here is Le having hers done – for the experience.
Other photos from ChinaTown:
This is Khao San Road first thing in the morning. By evening, it will be full of stores and tourists:
These monkeys look docile, but they can be very vicious.
Here is a young calf with big ears, almost unreal:
And here is one for the environmentalist: a big ceramic pot, which looks rather nice, for collecting rain water:
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