The breakfast buffet was good. there was plenty to eat (continental
and Thai) and drink. Enjoyed breakfast and then also the view from the top.
Then it was time to visit Lebua tower, the second tallest
hotel of Bangkok. It is also the site where movie, Hangover Part III, was
shot. It was a little bit of a walk from
the station but we got there. Went up to
the 63rd floor. The top floor opens only after 7 pm, so we will have
to suffice with this level. That’s fine! The concierge there was nice enough to
show us the deck and leave us to our photography. Oh my God! What a beautiful view
of the city. Could see miles of the crowded
city. Really cool!! Saw the river, saw Asiatic – just beautiful to spend some
time there.
After that it was time to see some temples. Prachi, very smartly, got us the public ferry
to the temples. 7 bhat vs 100 bhat (for the tourist taxi) is some difference!! It
was a 20 min ride to the first temple, Wat Arun. It was a huge temple. There was some maintenance going on, but
otherwise it was easily accessible and a number of areas were open to visit. It
took more than an hour to see. As we were walking to find the ferry, we crossed
through some food and tourist shops. And then came another temple. Spent some
time there also.
Walked back to the ferry and boarded to go to our next
stop, Pra Vihara (the temple of lying Buddha). This temple is the biggest I have
visited! It took over 2 hours to see the huge compound. First we paid respect
to the lying Buddha and from there we went to see all the little temples around
the campus. All were unique in their own ways and all beautiful. We had some
good lunch also – vegetable noodles.
Then it was time to see if we could see the palace near
the Pra Vihara. It was a long walk to the palace and by this time, we were just
beat! It turns out the palace was closed as it was 6 pm now. It was quite a
bummer since we had to walk all the way back to the ferry which is about a mile
walk again.
Once we got on the ferry, it was time to see the flower
market in the Yodpiman Riverwalk. They probably created the Riverwalk to have a
nice entrance to the flower market. I think our timing was not very good. the
flower market is the busiest at night, and of course its not possible to come at
that time for us. But we still got an idea of how great it must be. Flowers were
really cheap and plentiful. Sad that we did not need any. The Riverwalk itself was
quite nice too.
Then it was time to move on the Asiatique.
That is also accessible from the ferry. Now it is about 8 pm. Getting late and
I am super tired from walking but not tired of touring. Asiatique is lit up
like Diwali and crowded like a party place! There is a little area where there
are rides and shows going on. The other side has the shops and restaurants. Of course
we were not going to a restaurant. I am
all about street food! So we walked through the rides and got to where street
food. And we had good stuffed parantha kind of dish. Mine was egg stuffed and
Prachi’s was chocolate – both were tasty.
Then it was time to walk around. Again, there were a lot
of shops. It was great to be in such a lively place. Then we got in the line to
get the ferry to the metro. The ferry is free to the metro! Marketing strategy
of Asiatique. From the metro we went to the Siam mall. It was one of the most expensive and huge mall
I have seen! Oh lord! Just the shoe section went on and on and on. The food
courts were huge and had such a variety of foods and the ambience was just
super. It seems that below the mall is a huge aquarium, sadly closed at this
time of the day.
It was time to go back around 11 pm. Every time we walked
back to our hotel, we saw this massage place and promised ourselves, tomorrow!
Today was extremely tiring, but really a great day.
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