Bangkok is all about Buddha temples. This is an outdoor posting of picture after picture on how we spent a full day out on the hot streets of Bangkok, mainly visiting as many temples as we could.
Beginning with Khao San road, a short but very touristy street packed with pubs, clothing and bag shops, massage and tattoo parlours, all aimed at drawing in the Western backpackers.
Strings of Thailand flag lining up the streets..
Still, i managed to buy a The North Face backpack here for only RM 70. Not to mention, tried the KFC here for lunch. ^^
Just like you can find a Chinatown in every corner of the world, you can find one too in Bangkok. Unfortunately for us, due to the Songkran, it was a dead quiet street. Hence, no cheap sharks fin soup for us for now.
So, wat now?
we went on with our temple (wat) sight-seeing. To my amazement, i never knew Bangkok is home to some of the most beautiful temples i've ever seen.
a little refreshment stall at the Golden Mount (Wat Saket)
Hot hot day indeed...
An usual cemetery is found at the base of the Golden Mount, known to be a dumping ground for some 60,000 plague victims in the 18th century.
Climbing up about 300 steps, you find a wall of bells and the beautiful enchanting sounds of chime haunting the hills.
to medium...
beautiful bright lotus flower..
Caught a glimpse of the Grand Palace - didn't pay to go in though as we were in kind of a rush.
This exquisite roundabout just around the corner of the Palace looks amazingly surreal on photo!
How cool does the Ministry of Defence look?
Entrance of Wat Pho holds the 46-m reclining Buddha; did not go into this one too as it was less than 2 hours before its closing hours.
Making our way by boat across the river to Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn). Caught a monk with a few 'mini' monks on our boat.
Turns out Wat Arun is more captivating than i had expected.
Our final stop for the night was Soi Cowboy (near Sukhumvit road), the red-light district of Bangkok.
We made our way here quite early (around 9pm), so the atmosphere isn't as wild as it would be. As blinding as the flashing neon lights were, it was pretty tempting to pop into one of the many curtained entrances just to satisfy my curiosity.
Too bad, not everyone of the traveling gang were keen like me. Guess i'll just have to take a rain check this time. Besides, better to be more suitably dressed next time, rather than in sweaty t shirt and shorts. lol.
Can't help it la - Bangkok gets super duper hot in April.
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