Bangkok trip - Day 3

Early in the morning ,We meet up with kh friend which is leonard and gf who is working in Laos but pop by over the weekend to shop and hangout with us.

First stop is the wat pho or the temple of the reclining buddha,
This guy is huge man!
Look at his feet!

Interesting is that there are some metal bowl along the corridor of the reclining buddha . It is said that by dropping a coin in each bowl till you have reach the corresponding age . Then make a wish and it might come true. Not sure how true it is but i gave it a shot!

Next is the Grand Palace / jade buddha temple, remember guys should wear pants and proper shoe and ladies long skirt to enter the palace. Else you have to loan one from the visitor center there.

The ticket to grand palace also includes a trip to the coin museum but we decided to give that a miss as we are running out of time for lunch. Here are some photos taken there.



The jade buddha taken from outside using my tele lense.. cause you can take picture from inside.
I think they are the army and navy guard.. watching over the grand palace

Little kid meditating in the temple! so guai

Prays and offering of incense and white lotus flower by devotees..

Deities statues inside the temple evoke fear and mystic charms.

After the visits we drop by MBK to do some shopping, lunch was at KFC and a HACHIBAN RAMEN. Not to mention siam Paragon for some more shopping. In the evening, KH friend's pang joined us for dinner .

A special event is happening at chao phraya river thus we hopped into the cab and headed there. Its the loy krathong festival , at first we were hopping to go for a river cruise cum dinner but all were fully booked. (as expected) in the end we settle for riverside dinner at the riverside hotel. Food was sumptuous , again mostly seafood with beer. Entertainment wise we were treated with colorful and brightly illuminated floats /boats cruising down the river.

When we thought not else is gonna happen. A barge came out from no where and started lighting up the skies with fireworks! it was a real treat for me. Thankfully my handy tripod was with me.



Good time to propose to gf .. look at the heart shaped firework!

After dinner we bought some floats and decides to release it to the river. It is suppose to carry all your bad luck, so you could start afresh. Some folks also release hot air balloon away.

Returning back from the festivities. Ryan went to rest early, me KH, Chris , Leonard decides to check out a clubbing spot, RCA. And its really quite a interesting place, tons of teenagers hang out there.. about 5 mega pubs/clubs there . We hang around "Route 66" which has trance, live bands , R&B rooms.

Alright night guys! till tomorrow