| BANGKOK
2002 - A TRAVELER'S VIEW |
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| The Temple of Spires - this was
delightful. |
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| A park nearby our Guesthouse. |
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One of the many many exotic buddhist temples,
where people worship every day using candles
and incense.
The temples are all open to the public and you can go in an worship
anytime.
The ambience and peace inside them is priceless! |
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| Here I am by the Fort, near our
guesthouse New
Siam II. |
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| An example of the "East meets
West" feel of Bangkok! |
|  One
popular mode of transport...a tuk tuk [pronounced
took took]...they are fast but you get a mouth full of pollution
on route!
Many times the drivers try to get you to
visit a tourist shop - gems, clothing, etc so they get commission.
Be careful with this as you may end up
buying something you didn't really need! |
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|  One
of the main streets near Koh Saan Road, on the way to the water
taxi.
These are all pictures of the King's and Queen's; past and present.
They LOVE their King here. At
6pm every evening the National anthem is played and people stop
in the street to hear it! |
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|  We
all went for a massage. You all
lie down on mattresses next to each other and are given a Thai massage
at the same time.
Mum and I had a foot massage and the rest of them, including Vistara
and Nirav, had a 1 and a half hour full body Thai Massage.
It was unlike anything my Dad had experienced before...
... his first comment was...
"I thought you said that would be relaxing!!"...
but he loved it!! |
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| All aboard the fast moving water
taxi... |
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Out
in PatPong
The "Red Light District" &
Night Market |
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| Watches, watches watches...every
make an kind....$9.00USd ONLY!!..Cartier...Gucci... |
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A view from Mum and Dad's Landmark
Hotel over Down Town Bangkok |
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