Out and About in Bangkok

We enjoyed staying in a business/residential neighborhood in Bangkok as it was pretty quiet but was only a two minute walk to the train which took us wherever we wanted. Just across the street were a couple of local restaurants along with street vendors. We walked around the neighborhood and thoroughly enjoyed our stay!

This restaurant was across the street and was George’s favorite place to get a Green Papaya Salad. It was always busy!

Here is our takeout - waiting for the fries :-)

This cute kittie belongs to the owners and and is in and out of the restaurant

You can see the food stalls - some temporary and moved every day and some permanent. This is taken from the stairs to the train across the street from where we stayed. You can also see one of the four 7 Elevens that were within a 5 minute walk of our place. They are everywhere!

Some of the best Lebanese food we have had outside of Lebanon from Beirut Restaurant…while watching LOTR :-)

One day we took the train to Arab street which is a street with many restaurants and places to buy perfume.

We ate in a Yemeni restaurant and the food was amazing!

Where you enter

My attempt to capture the entire Buddha - along with a million other people

There are 108 bowls behind the Buddha which represent the 108 auspicious characteristics of the Buddha and visitors can purchase coins to drop into each of the bowls for good luck.

Beautiful tiles and stunning architecture

This is inside Phra Ubosot which is the main hall used for Buddhist rituals. They were breaking down the tables and chairs from a ceremony that had recently been completed. This hall was built by King Rama I and then enlarged by Rama III.

There are small statues and fountains throughout the complex

George is resting by one of the small ponds/waterfalls

There are so many Buddha statues. This one reminds me of a small one that my mom had and it made me smile.

This is one part of the crocodile pond

On the street outside of the temple I saw this man who was feeding and caring for his cat who is wearing pearls and a lovely dress.

This is the boat we caught on the way back because we missed seeing where to catch the ferry. This was ok, but it sat really low in the water until the first or second stop. It was a bit cheaper, but we preferred the ferry.

This is Wat Arun - we didn’t visit here, but could see it from the river. It is recommended that you visit here at sunset to see the beautiful tile work reflecting the sun.

A beautiful fountain by the entrance to Saranrom Palace Park

While looking for Monitor Lizards I found a Green Heron

And then I found a little Eastern Kingbird

And we finally spotted a Monitor Lizard!

And his or her friend

And these beautiful Queen’s Wreath flowers

Tha Phra Chan is a great little coffee shop where we enjoyed some coffee, Thai tea, of course a chocolate lava croissant and some AC

One of the alleyways that we found. This one had restaurants and food stalls and others had the Buddha charms

Cheers to Bangkok and on to Vietnam!