Four days, two
capitals. I really love my business visa conditions: every 60 days I have to
leave Indonesia. So at least every 60 days I have an opportunity to travel.
This time we chose Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.
At Kuala Lumpur
we stayed only 1 day, and only half-day visiting because of work. So the only
visited place was Petronas Tower.
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Petronas Tower |
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In Bangkok we
had more time: working Friday and the weekend all ours. We stayed at Arise hotel at
Sukhumvite Soi 26. The location and the quality of the hotel are good. And it’s
not expensive – about 30 euros per night.
We started with
visiting the tallest building in Thailand Baiyoke Tower II – 84
floor building. The view in the evening was nice, but we made a big mistake by dining in their restaurant. They have 3 buffets with different kitchen. It was
very expensive and the food wasn’t good. It’s a real tourist trap and we fell
into it. Shame J
But we found a
really good pub on the online guide that was very good: Saxophone Pub (1 3/8
Phayathai Road, Victory monument). Drinks are very tasty and not expensive and
live music is very good.
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Baiyoki Tower II |
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We had only two
days in Bangkok and we wanted to visit the most famous places. So we started
the program with Golden Mount (Wat Saket). This temple is situated on the high
hill that opens a very nice view on the city.
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Golden Mount |
After visiting
the temple, it started raining, like really raining, like in South East Asia
during raining season raining. But it didn’t stop us from taking a River Boat.
Fortunately the rain didn’t last too long so we still could enjoy our boating.
We even saw several varans on our way.
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"It's always sunny after rain" |
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varan |
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view on Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) |
Next stop was
Wat Pho, one of the largest and oldest temples in Bangkok. It is also famous as
the Temple of the Reclining Buddha – the tallest Buddha in the world (~50
meters).
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Wat Pho |
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Reclining Buddha |
We also
stopped by Wat Intharawihan, a temple complex
with a 32-meter-high Buddha. The time we came there, the monks were preparing a
ceremony for the next day.
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Urban views |
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Street food |
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32-meter-high Buddha |
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Monk preparing the ceremony |
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The strings connect people to Buddha |
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Durian fruit |
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Competition "Run on one leg" Kids having fun |
The Grand Palace was our last stop in Bangkok. The current
king resides in the other palace, but this one is still used for the official
events. In the territory of the Grand Palace there is also Queen Sirikit Museum
of Textiles. It was prohibited to take pictures, but the exposition is very
interesting. You will find a big collection of Queen’s designer ensembles and a
lot of other different interesting exhibitions. The price for the museum is
included in the price for visiting the Grand Palace.
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You are always welcome to leave a comment or email me if you have any questions ;)