For our first day in Bangkok, Michael and I explored the 5 Star hotel we stayed at for one night. Awesome pool with view of the river - great sunny day (sorry Minnesota)
From the hotel we walked with our full bags through some local streets on the way to Chua Phat Vang, a tall golden temple we had seen from the pool area.
We took a crowded river boat West along the river towards Wat Arun.
We wandered into a really nice community park (Saranrom Park) which had an outdoor public gym in it. There was also a Chinese ancestral house inside the park.
We soon found ourselves at a local event called Thai rice - basically a huge farmers market / art fair that was based on rice. Some local Thai people around our age mocked us walking through their market in our full backpacking gear. The odd feeling of embarrassment was subdued when a nice Thai lady helped us order some food and we ate pot stickers and pad Thai.
We found a local hostel / bar and took a load off for a couple hours before heading to the airport to travel to our home for 3 nights in Chiang Mai.
This is awesome.
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