We have been staying the past few days in Bangkok in a place called Sukhumvit in a big Hotel called ALoft, 32 levels high. We were on the 23rd floor, the highest I ever slept... I have to say that I was very impressed of the many high rise buildings in Bangkok, a megacity with 13 million people. They are always busy, in metro, taxis and tuk tuks running everywhere or standing still in traffic jams that can last the whole day. There are a lot of people selling foods on the street, something totally different from the Netherlands. Sunday we went to visit the biggest weekend market in the world with 13,000 marketstalls. I love walking on the market and taste some local food. It was a very nice afternoon out.
Bling bling Temples: Monday we took a boat and went to visit some temples, the Grand Palace and Wat Pho. There is such a big difference between temples in Angkor Wat and Bangkok. In Angkor Wat they were natural and I felt very connected to the temples in the forest. Entering the Grand Palace in this big city, it was a golden palace and all is bling bling. The time we visit Wat Pho there was such a huge queue to enter the temple to visit the biggest Golden reclining Buddha of the World. This Budda you can not take a picture of the whole statue. It is 46 m long! Very shiny and beautiful to see. From there we moved to Khao San road where I got a very relaxing massage body treatment, After that it was cocktail time and dinner.
We finished our final day in two Big shopping malls which are connect to eachother. It was my shopping paradise. We packed our bag because in a few hours we continue our holidays in Phuket, another place in Thailand.
I am very excited to learn more culture and discover news things.
Peace ,
Eliane.
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