Bangkok

Bangkok was a really nice change of pace. Where Hong Kong and Macau felt a little hectic (and we were getting to the tired stage of long vacationing), we were going to be in Bangkok for a while and the famous Nikolaiev ability to work out amazing details had put us in amazing housing for several days as we checked out the city. While in Bangkok we took some boats around to a really big wat (temple),



we saw a museum on royal barges,


and we went by the temple of the reclining buddha which was truly epic in proportion.



We did a nice bit of shopping in bazaars, most impressive of which was the weekend market. that market is big enough to lose a couple football fields in and sells everything from clothes to furniture to food to souvenirs to pets including all the regulars: dogs, cats, bunnys, guinea pigs and a rather interesting selection of live chipmunks.



One evening while eating dinner I caught this shot on the street. This is really a good image of Bangkok.


As always we ate some really good food, at truly amazing prices. I think for living expenses Bangkok is really the best place I've been to so far when it comes to stretching your dollar.

We also took a package trip out of the city to ride elephants,



we also rode on rafts,


crossed a rope bridge


and played in a waterfall. A rather nice outing.






All in all Bangkok was a really nice end to our post-wedding vacationing. But the time ended and we all had to go back to our lives in America... except for Joy and myself. So the rest went back to America and Joy and I stayed in Manila and got settled into our apartment.