Bangkok. It is fecking Hot!!! Everywhere we go, day or night, it is stupid hot!! I have to change clothes twice daily because it is so damn hot!!!
On our first day in Bangkok, we decided to do some sightseeing, sonwe got a taxi and went to the Grand Palace.
Now, this is where we almost got conned.
As we were walking to go into the temple, a local, very friendly man, said that the temple was closed until 2pm because of some religious service going on. ( it was currently 12.30)
He suggested that we go and visit a couple of other sights and come back at 2. He then 'hailed' a Tuk-Tuk and said that he would take us to these "sights" for only 20THB, wait for us and then bring us back to where we started. I immediately thought that something was fishy, but Ju was already in the Tuk-Tuk, saying "let's go!"
So off we went. All the time, something was playing
On my mind about the price being so low. Our first stop was "the royal Temple"
As we went to go in, we were greeted by a man who claimed he was a Principal of the school across the road who was helping out at the temple at the weekend. He then tried to explain something about the Temple, then he started asking personal questionslike, where we were from, where we lived, how much rent we paid. As soon as he asked that, I knew something was not right. I refused to answer and cut him off. He then left us to explore the temple, which was nothing more than a courtyard. When we returned tou our driver, he was sat with the guy who talked to us about the Temple. We got back into the Tuk-Tuk and he then dropped us off at an "import" shop. As soon as we walked in, I knew it was a con. It was a jewellery/gem shop. We just walked straight out and the driver then got upset saying that we had to go in for 5 minutes and buy something, or he would not get his voucher for petrol. I very politely told him to F*co off, gave him his 20THB and walked away to get a taxi back to the Great Temple! Lesson learnt!!
The Great Temple was pretty spectacular in itself. Lots of big ornate buildings, smothered in gold and jewels. We then went to see the reclining Buddha, which was exactly that! A big Buddha, reclining and he was about 100ft in length!! And very Gold and shiny!!
After the Buddha we took a short trip across the river to Wat Arun, which was another temple, which we could actually climb halfway up to the top. The last set of steps were virtually a ladder!! Great views from up there!
We ended up o. The Kohsan Road for dinner and tucked into a juicy steak each, and our taxi home was Mr. Magoo. He had proper jam jars on and unswear he was nearly blind! Another hair raising cab ride.
Today we went to Chatuchuck Market, which is a ferking HUGE open air Market, covering 27 acres and 14,000 stalls! It makes Wwmbley Market look like a jumble sale!! Again, it was stupid hot!! I think Ju and I had 6 bottles of drink each, but never needed the loo, as we were sweating so much!! We, mainly Ju, had a great time in the Market, buying all sorts of bits and bobs! Even had to buy a suitcase to carry it all!!
We again went to Kohsan Road for dinner and ended up finding a tour operator and booking trips for the next 4 days, starting with a trip tomorrow to Kanchanaburi and The Bridge Over The River Kwai, as well as a stop at a Tiger Temple. Really looking forward to the trip. Only thing is, we have to be up at 5:15am in order to get the bus in time!!!
Will do another blog, once we have done our trips and probably from Chiang Mai, where we are off to on Ruesday on the overnight sleeper train!
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