bangkok for a day

with how our travel plans have had to change on the fly, pert and i ended up having a day to spend in bangkok before flying over to the philippines.  i haven't been back to bangkok in over ten years so i was pretty excited to visit again even if for a short period of time! 


after getting in, we stowed our luggage at the airport and then took off for the city.  we grabbed a bite to eat and then headed off for some temples via tuk tuk!  tuk tuk's are a cheap way to get around as opposed to taxi.  and it's fun!  they're essentially motorcycles that have a carriage built in behind to carry people.  i asked and these suckers go up to 45 mph.  it was a nice little break from the sun too because it was so hot and muggy out.

riding a tuk tuk

we went to three temples and that was about all that we could take.  it's like all the churches in europe.  you go to a few and you've been to them all...for the most part anyway.  we went to a temple with a giant swing in front, then a temple that was fairly high and above the city, and then we went to a temple with a HUGE reclining buddha.  lat po temple is probably one of the well known temples because of the buddha.  it is insane how many are in bangkok  when we were at the second temple, i counted and saw at least 10 in front of me.

temple #1

temple #2

temple #3

after that we headed over to kao shung road which is where they have a night market with good food and your typical souvenirs.  to kill some time, we got a foot massage which felt great and then headed back to the airport for our flight.

i'm sad that i'm not spending more time in thailand, but it's on the list for next time :)