We have landed back in civilization with a thump....bangkok is a busy, dirty city but boasts some beautiful historical buildings and some great shopping! We are only here for 2 days and yesterday we felt the pressure to see as much as possible....so we started temple hopping...the grand palace with it's emerald budda temple (wat phra kaew)...the breathtaking reclining budda (wat pho)....by the end of the morning if I had seen another budda belly I would have screamed....
So we changed tact...hopping on a ferry we chugged our way down the dirty cho praya river towards the towering buildings of the modern city. skyscraper after skyscraper as far as the eye can see, bangkok is business central with many a shopping mall boasting shop after shop of designer goods...we mozzied round siam paragon, complete with a car showroom floor selling lamborginis, bmws and minis....
Our plan was to go back to our hotel for a shower before hitting kao san road - the famous backpacker hangout - but when we stumbled across a muay thai bout on the side of the street we were hooked and ended up watching an internatioal bout - thailand vs italy - for free! since we were still in town we decided to check out a night market and wandered around until our legs just simply wouldnt let us walk another step...
we will take it a bit easier today. we have discovered that, despite the hype, there actually isn't too much to do in bangkok and we will see what we want to see easily in the 2.5 days we are here. tonight we are hoping for those beers in kao san road and, beforehand maybe a touch of budda and a little bit more burberry...
stay tuned.. xx
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