The sight that greets most visitors to Thai tourism offices or visitor centres: the Thai Royal Palace. Wat Phra Kaeo, the most notable landmark and which houses the Emerald Buddha is on the utmost right.
Siamese sentinel guarding the Grand Palace.
Wat Arun - The Temple of the Dawn - and the view from the Chao Phraya River. Our first lesson in Hindu-ised architectural symmetry, albeit a very tentative introduction.
Wat Pho - The Temple of the Reclining Buddha - which houses the largest indoor reclining Buddha in the world. I'm not sure if that it's made of solid gold (I suspect it isn't), but its soles are in-laid with mother-of-pearls. I've never before seen so many mother-of-pearls together at once.
Patpong - the district that gives Bangkok the name and image of Sleaze City and one of the great places there to pick up a bargain or two. We wanted to catch the famous, or should I say infamous, Thai Girl Show (which Thai promoters/pimps very conveniently abbreviated as "Pussy Shows"), but was quite disgusted when we peeked into one of the bars in the vicinity and saw easily a dozen grown men in underwear and suspenders pole-dancing on the bar tops. And they weren't even muscular, they were skinny! Give me vomit, anytime.
Atrocious traffic conditions in Bangkok. Here, just outside Mah Boon Krong Shopping Complex.
Muay Thai - the Thai national passion. Front-row seats, for the equivalent amount of S$80. Nobody died, thankfully, even though I was expecting more ferocity and blood. But these guys move faster than most camera lenses can capture, so be on your best behaviour at the boxing stadium.
The sight that greets most visitors to Thai tourism offices or visitor centres: the Thai Royal Palace. Wat Phra Kaeo, the most notable landmark and which houses the Emerald Buddha is on the utmost right.
Siamese sentinel guarding the Grand Palace.
Wat Arun - The Temple of the Dawn - and the view from the Chao Phraya River. Our first lesson in Hindu-ised architectural symmetry, albeit a very tentative introduction.
Wat Pho - The Temple of the Reclining Buddha - which houses the largest indoor reclining Buddha in the world. I'm not sure if that it's made of solid gold (I suspect it isn't), but its soles are in-laid with mother-of-pearls. I've never before seen so many mother-of-pearls together at once.
Patpong - the district that gives Bangkok the name and image of Sleaze City and one of the great places there to pick up a bargain or two. We wanted to catch the famous, or should I say infamous, Thai Girl Show (which Thai promoters/pimps very conveniently abbreviated as "Pussy Shows"), but was quite disgusted when we peeked into one of the bars in the vicinity and saw easily a dozen grown men in underwear and suspenders pole-dancing on the bar tops. And they weren't even muscular, they were skinny! Give me vomit, anytime.
Atrocious traffic conditions in Bangkok. Here, just outside Mah Boon Krong Shopping Complex.
Muay Thai - the Thai national passion. Front-row seats, for the equivalent amount of S$80. Nobody died, thankfully, even though I was expecting more ferocity and blood. But these guys move faster than most camera lenses can capture, so be on your best behaviour at the boxing stadium.
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