 We saw many beautiful long boats with flower bows hanging off its front. Gui said it reminded her of Venice. Later we rent one to tour the old town: Thonburi. |
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 We went to a small cafe on a bustling main street. It had air-conditioning!! What bliss! After the cool air restored some liveliness into me, i realized it was a rather modern cafe, and the clientals were largely college students. Modern paintings on the wall were for sale, just like University Cafe in Palo Alto! :) |
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 It was said that in Thailand there were more spirits than humans. Each store, each dwelling, each temple, each street all has its own resident spirits. As a result, you see this kind of spirit house and offerings everywhere. People tend to put spirits ahead of themselves. Often you'd see an elaborate spirit house with ornate decorations standing on the patio of a wooden shack. |
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We got up early on the second day and went to a local's fruit and flower market. There were so many strange looking species. Maybe thanks to the humidity, flower and plants seemed to grow easily here. Delicate orchid were easily seen everywhere. They seemed hardy and happy here. | ||
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(On the Express boat) "Space for Monks!" :) |
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The last day in Bangkok. I went to a small restaurant close to my hotel. For 100 baht(approx.$2.5), I had a salad, a ice drink, and a fried fish. Yumm. Noticed the decorations on their wall was very interesting. The King, a high-ranking Monk, a Japanese cartoon character and Pepsi commercials. :) During the morning and late afternoon, I also went to the famouse JJ weekend market... |
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Camouflaged merchendise were everywhere, packpacks, t-shirts, cargo-pants, even sandals! Kind of sad to realize maybe in this quiet and happy corner of the world, American military superpower is being worshipped. | My purchases!! |  |
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