Bangkok
After arriving in Bangkok, we first took a boat trip, which led us to some of the more unpopular areas in Bangkok -- going through the canals, mostly in slum areas, but we got to see quite a lot -- Also on Bangkok's main river, btw. When we were done with that, we went to the palace, a real treat -- Lots of temples in that area, and also building in Victiorian style, fused with Thai roofs. Very funny and impressive to see, even though it has a bit of legoland feeling to it. In the early evening we went to one of the big shopping malls -- I saw one in Chiang Mai, but this one was totally different -- much more packed, organized and much more people too. They even had a single floor full of little mobile shops, and that floor was the most packed.
Today we took a bicycle tour through a relatively small area, but biked a lot (25 km), and saw lots of different things -- roads with heavy traffic, roads with almost no traffic, going by bike through slum areas (these slum areas are different than those in India, for example -- they have enough to eat, and all of them have TV and such, but the houses are really crumbly and messy), seeing parks, and a really huge bridge, and going by boat again -- really fun!.
Tomorrow's a bus drive to Kanchanaburi, if I remember correctly. I wonder what that'll be like :)
Today we took a bicycle tour through a relatively small area, but biked a lot (25 km), and saw lots of different things -- roads with heavy traffic, roads with almost no traffic, going by bike through slum areas (these slum areas are different than those in India, for example -- they have enough to eat, and all of them have TV and such, but the houses are really crumbly and messy), seeing parks, and a really huge bridge, and going by boat again -- really fun!.
Tomorrow's a bus drive to Kanchanaburi, if I remember correctly. I wonder what that'll be like :)