So this is Bangkok, city of angels. This was originally going to be my starting point when I first planned this trip to Southeast Asia, but I changed my plans around to fit my schedule with my brother James. As it turns out he chickened out at the last minute, meaning I went through all the trouble of rearranging my plans for nothing(thanks a lot, Jim). Regardless, I still came to Bangkok eventually, and maybe it was a good thing I came later, it's a really chaotic place and I'd have been lost if I came here first.
First was the obligatory temple visits. Bangkok has lots of temples all over, and there's no admission fee to get in either.
Here's the king of thailand I think? His portrait is found all over Bangkok.
One of many buddha statues to be found in the temples.
Some tourists lounging around the temple, but in general it was easy to walk around.
Prayer offering, found inside the temple.
A larger statue, inside the main building.
Taken from a different temple; a stupa I think it's called? Not sure, really.
The raised platform was reserved for monks, regular people were not allowed to step up onto it.
Taken from the next temple on my list.
See, this temple was undergoing some restoration work, so the upper parts of it were off limits to tourists.
You could see these stone statue guardians along the gates, very detailed.
Of course, no trip intiwn would be complete without a visit to the night market.
The night market was a lot bigger than others I've been to; it had virtually anything you could think of, and there were restaurants oined up along the sides.
I also went for a trip to the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium to watch some kickboxing fights, got myself a ringside seat. Sorry for the bad photo quality, my camera didn't do well with the low lighting.
There were fighters from different weight classes, but also different countries. The guy is red was from Israel, the guy in blue from Denmark.
Even though the danish fighter was obviously much bigger and won easily, everybody cheered for the israeli. That guy didn't back down, no matter how many times he got hit(you can make out the blood on his face in the photo below).
The Chatuchak weekend market was also fun. Though most of the stuff you see in markets are basically the same everywhere, the Chatuchak market is one of the biggest markets in the worls, with over 8,000 shops set up everywhere.
Off to the train station. After a few days in Bangkok I just couldn't stay here any longer; the constant scamming you have to put up with just soured me on the city, so I decided to try another place, Chiang Mai further up north.
