A Taste of Thailand

At last, I had visited the Land of the Free and Smiles, THAILAND. Last Saturday, me and my 2 friends went to Bangkok. It is a nice city with colorful metered taxis (may pink, blue/red, blue, orange, purple, yellow), jetspeed like tuktuk (tricycles) and Filipino-like complexion people. It is the place where you can see the following tourist spots.

Pat Pong night bazaar - A place where you can buy a lot of souvenir items such as buddha and elephant miniatures. Aside from the stores, there are a lot of so-called GO-GO bars...dunno why they call it GO-GO. Fortunately, there was a guy who approached us to watch the ever famous shows because all of the bars were closed that night because it is the Queen's birthday. So we went there to watch the girls' "vacuum" tricks. The trick that I like best is the one which she shot 2 balloons using sumpit (a gadget to blow a sharp stick). My friends are still wondering how one girl was able to transform the colorless water into a black water...hmmm... (may jobos ata sa loob eh...dugas)


Temple of Dawn - You can see ceramic temple structures here

Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha - We went here to visit the former home of the Thai Royal family. According to our tourist guide, the Royal family already moved to farther and bigger palace. In this palace, you can see the emerald buddha... (most of the buddha are golden so kakaiba talaga ito).

Temple of Dawn - ceramic temple structures, and beautiful paintings with golden chips on it.... magkano kaya ito...hmmm...??

Wat Po Temple - The resting place of the golden buddha...ayus mag posing di ba...relax na relax. This is a place where you can drop coins to several bowls. I think you should be able to fill in all bowls before you ran out of coins.

Suam Lum Bazaar - A place where you can eat, shop and have fun. When we went there there was a half-man and half woman singing in local language. There is a also a big ferris wheel...shocks it is so big that I could not capture it in my camera at close range. I have to be at the top of the bldg to have a clearer view. The food here is very good especially the pad thai and tom yam khoom... hot hot hot!!

Floating Market - No...it is not flooded. It is a village in Thailand where houses are built above the waters. It is so unique because people here have boats to sell food, souvenirs and fruits. It was a nice experience because I don't think you can find this market in any countries.

I just hope that I can go back and visit the other cities and places in Thailand especially Phuket. So long....Sawasdee Kha! Ahhh...I miss the sweet accent of their voices when speaking in Thai...