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Temple Run, Part 2

6 Dec

Mrs Nattaya (who helpfully told us her name sounds like Pattaya), our guide for the half day city tour was very chatty but we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. We learnt that the name Bangkok holds the record for the longest name for a city and it’s listed in the Guinness Book World of Records! Go Google it up.

After ooh-ing and aah-ing at the golden Buddha statue in Wat Traimit, we moseyed along with traffic into Chinatown. Next stop, Wat Pho.

Wat Pho sits on 17 acres of land with lots to see. The Sleeping Buddha, at 46 meters long and 15 meters high is not the longest but the 3rd longest, can you believe it?! The sheer size of it is pretty jaw dropping. Along with 99 pagodas within the compound, I would say it was a very enriching outing.

Weather has been good again today. We head off to take in the various places of interest next.

The half day tour is done and we are all tired out from it. Heading back to the hotel, we are already planning what to eat before we continue with activities for the second half of the day.

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Why Not Go Shopping?

23 Mar

Since we woke up early and got done with breakfast, we might as well explore a little bit before leaving for the airport. The group also woke up early and after breakfast, we decided to take the Red Car to Chinatown.

It was fun to walk through the stalls. Weaving in and out, there were all kinds of things on display to tease our sight and it’s just our bargaining skills to make a worthy purchase if something caught our eye. The one image that caught both hubby and I was the lady who was selling duck. Put it this way, one has to look good when selling duck!

We bought several knick-knacks for the girls as always. As I got myself a knitted elephant already to add to my elephant collection, I am quite contented to just browse and admire the colors and culture. After two hours or so, we managed to meet up for brunch. Seated at the side of the street, we had fried carrot cake and fresh coconut water. Yum…

Done with the quick eat, we caught another Red Car back to the hotel and yes, it’s time to go home. A quick shower and an organized final packing, we’re going home.

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Bull frogs!

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A bit of eye shadow first before making a sale!

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