We arrived in Bangkok, Thailand and was greeted with balmy 85 degree weather as we stepped off the plane – which was quite a change from the rainy 60 degree Taipei. We checked into a modest hotel and made plans to obtain visas for China (No way for US Citizens to get a China Visa in Taiwan). Bangkok is a huge bustling city with a booming tourism industry and everything reflects that – from price-gouging taxis, to the large numbers of foreigners, to women working the streets and sidewalks.
Must-see items in Bangkok include the many temples which reflect the 95% Buddhist affiliation of its people.
Top Left: I’m hitting a Buddhist Gong (or pretending to)
Top Middle and Top Right: We visited the Golden Palace which is home of the Emerald Buddha
Lower Right: Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun) at night
We signed up for a guided night bike tour which was a neat experience seeing the busy markets full of flowers and fruits and cycling across the lit bridges. The city looks pretty different in the evening.
No trip is complete without some food experiences, and (going left to right) we had this delicious street vendor fried rice served in plastic and newspaper; we stopped at a Red Mango; and had a delicious meal at the Oriental Hotel complete with smoothies, Pad Thai, and Mango Sticky Rice for dessert.
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