Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Day 1 - Bangkok

Already beat the jet lag by staying up until 10:30pm on the night we arrived. Woke up and walked 11 miles around Sathon (where we are staying) and Chinatown before heading back for an afternoon nap. It's not humid at all, but the highs this week are all 85-90. Post-nap we headed to nearby Lumphini Park where a festival "Discovering Thainess" (for tourists, but seemed to be almost entirely Thai people) was going on. It had different displays for each Thai province with traditional music and dance.

The people are so incredibly nice.

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Chinatown

Chinatown food vendors


 
Chinese temple - the locals encouraged us to go in and see the buddha

 solid gold buddha at Wat Traimit - largest golden buddha in the world 

top of 4 story marble Wat Traimit - the entire building is made of marble

Durian haters



light up park displays


bougainvillea trees at the park


puppets 

charcoal bucket

dinner at Hai Samtam Convent- thai sausage, pork laab, and green papaya salad



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