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September 4 2017

My stay in Bangkok

Tobias Stricker Travel Log Bangkok, Floating Market, Palace Khaosan, Temples, Thailand

Exploring the capital of Thailand, it’s markets and temples – Travel log no. 91

In the morning at 4 am the bus arrived in Bangkok. Together with two friends from Slovenia I went to the famous Khaosan road close by. Unfortunately by that time even here most of the places were closed. Never the less we found a restaurant where we could sit out the night. At 8am we left the luggage at the hostel and explored the city.

Floating Market, Bangkok — The floating market in Bangkok. Here you can find all kind of seafood specialties cooked right on the boat.

Kitchen, Bangkok — In addition a close up of a little floating kitchen. Do you see all the fish next to it? I am still wondering if this is also one of the main ingredients.

Kids, Bangkok — On the way to the next stop we came by this bus with sister and brother on the way home from school.

Wat Arun, Bangkok — Furthermore we explored the Wat Arun Temple. We had to take a boat to get to it first though.

Temple of Dawn, Bangkok — Finally a close up of the temple of dawn.

Palace, Bangkok — From the temple we made our way back to the palace.

On the next day I left to explore the Wa Saket, the Golden Mount.

Wat Saket, Bangkok — To start with a random street on the way to the Golden Mount. Actually you can see the Golden Mount already coming up to the right.

Before I could make it there though a friendly Tuk-Tuk Driver on the street offered me to drive me around the whole day for 50 cents.

Tuk-Tuk, Bangkok — According to the driver this cheap price was only possible because of a holiday. I sensed a trap but still joined him for the sake of adventure.

Buddha, Bangkok — He brought me to a giant Buddha statue. There another random stranger talked to me again about the holiday and how cheap it would be to get tailored clothes.

Temple, Bangkok — The inside of the second temple we visited. Here my Tuk Tuk driver showed me how to pray on a holiday like the one.

Without asking me we stopped at a Tailor shop next. I went in to check it out and ended up buying a tailored shirt for around 30 bugs. I ended up running into the trap they sat up for me. Back at the Tuk Tuk my driver explained me the reason why it was so cheap today. There was actually no holiday. The whole thing was just a scam to get the people in the tailor shops. Later that night back in town I realized my mistake. Tailored shirts are around $20 here. Never the less I didn’t spend too much money and was still driven around the city the whole day. Even though I got scammed I felt people here were nice!

Golden Mount, Bangkok — Sure enough I would run into my friend Niko again whom I first met in Malaysia. He had taken a different route but fortune or coincidence brought us back together.

Khaosan, Bangkok — Back in town we explored the way more busier Khaosan road and had some food.

Traveling had required it’s price from both of us. Niko had to even stay in the hospital for a couple of days because of an infection in his leg. I was still struggling with an ear infection after diving on Koh Tao. Never the less I had a real good treatment in Bangkok which cost me all in all less than $20. It is hard to imagine but good treatment for that price is possible.