The Thailand Tour: The Big City

Home from the Grampians, out for Amy's birthday, jet off to Thailand... this all occured within about 15 hours and then 10 hours later I was landed in Bangkok!

Bangkok

We spent a grand total of 3 days in the city of Bangkok within the two week span of our trip. We landed there, pit-stopped there between trains from the Islands to Chiang Mai, and then flew back out of there at the end.

Here is the low down for March 22, March 28, and April 4:

Rules of the road: N/A.

- If you're in a car the rules are more difficult to avoid because your vehicle is too large for the ridiculously packed streets but traffic lights might as well be Christmas decorations.

- If you're in a Tuk Tuk you can drive on either side of the road, regardless of the direction the traffic is flowing.

- If you're on a scooter or motorbike you absolutely never have to stop, and you are able to constantly weave in and around anywhere you want whenever you want.

- If you're a pedestrian... you have absolutely never have the right of way and you pretty much have to pray someone slows down or stops for you as you step out into the mayhem to cross the street.

As we were to find out later that the 10฿ each Tuk Tuk tour ride that we were sold on is one of the biggest scams you can come across in this city... but we thoroughly enjoyed our little tour!

 Buddhist temples may have some of the most beautiful decor you could come by. Sparkling gold and coloured mosiacs on roofs and gold painted molding on doors and entry ways. We explored the grounds of the Grand Palace and Wat Pho where we saw a spectacular reclined Buddha.

Whether it be at the enormous Siam Shopping Centre, markets in squares, on the streets, or floating on canals you can buy anything from fresh fruit to knock-off designer anything to a $2.50 eyebrow threading session...

I got a taste of pretty much everything Bangkok had to offer in the short amount of time we spent there in between destinations. We only slept there one night so we didn't hit up the night life on Khao San Road but I got a nice feel of the extremely touristy street on my last day there where I grabbed some lunch before my flight home.

Keep checking back in, I'll be doing a post for every place we went! 

Sincerely,
THAI