Bangkok reminds me of the city in Blade Runner with its 24 hours hour crowds, continuous music, talking billboards, dark alleyways, Pavement (Sidewalk) markets and endless traffic. This is obviously a city growing at a phenomenal rate, and we were lucky to have a native Friend to show us around. Crossing the road in Bangkok is a whole new experience, and it is often safer to take a Tuk-Tuk, but if you are looking for a Wat (temples), you are bound to find one without crossing a major road.
To those of you who think of Bangkok as the Sex city, you will be surprised to find that activity concentrated around just a couple of streets (Patpong I & II) and even then it has to share with a Night Market. So here are some pictures:
Bangkok Chinatown, Haggling over veg; Carol & Tam looking across the Chao Phraya to the royal palace
Climbing to Indra's weapon at Wat Arun, Across the Chao Phraya from Wat Arun. Bangkok downtown roofs
After 4 days in Bangkok we flew to Chiang Mia, the second city in the North of Thailand. Although still a busy city there was some breathing space, but that is not why we are here......
Firemen on alert after our plane starting pouring fuel all over the runway, Wat Doi Suthep, Cobra at snake show
Pung Tao Gong Temple Pagoda & Door detail
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Hill Tribes - Meo children playing, Paduang ringed women
Along the Mae Kok River
E-Haw Tribe
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Carol and our guide, A View to Burma, The Golden Triangle
Wat Phra Keo (Original home of the Emerald Buddha)
The food was better than expected
It's 7 days after leaving Bangkok, and after some Cabbage we fly back from Chang Rai having explored the most northern parts of Thailand. This has been a great fun and enligtening week.
Our final 5 days around Bangkok in pictures are covered in a later post.
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