Bangkok: 8-12 January
Spent awesome 4 days in the hot & steamy metropolis of South East Asia - gorged ourselves on awesome & cheap Thai food, cheap drinks & cheap shopping.
Most striking feature of country's culture is highlighted in Bangkok: the degree to which Thais venerate their King. Every public building & most city corners & bridges are adorned with shrines to their beloved King. The dutiful citizens show their respect with heads bent & minds praying, plus leaving gifts of food & money whenever they pass an image of Him. Just fantastic. I bet Queen Liz II is jealous!
Soaked in the sight delights of the resplendent Wat Pho (Temple of Emerald Buddha - statue only 75cm & not make of emerald, but nontheless beautiful), the Royal Palace & Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn, covered in brilliant porcelain mosaic from busted porcelain used as ballast by Chinese trading ships.)
Avoided dozens of scams, but did buy a couple of lovely suits for dirt cheap though - I was not counting that as a scam, until the Commonwealth Bank cancelled my credit card upon return citing a security hazard! No damage done though.
Most striking feature of country's culture is highlighted in Bangkok: the degree to which Thais venerate their King. Every public building & most city corners & bridges are adorned with shrines to their beloved King. The dutiful citizens show their respect with heads bent & minds praying, plus leaving gifts of food & money whenever they pass an image of Him. Just fantastic. I bet Queen Liz II is jealous!
Soaked in the sight delights of the resplendent Wat Pho (Temple of Emerald Buddha - statue only 75cm & not make of emerald, but nontheless beautiful), the Royal Palace & Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn, covered in brilliant porcelain mosaic from busted porcelain used as ballast by Chinese trading ships.)
Avoided dozens of scams, but did buy a couple of lovely suits for dirt cheap though - I was not counting that as a scam, until the Commonwealth Bank cancelled my credit card upon return citing a security hazard! No damage done though.
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