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maggies_lensRight, been slack :) So yes, am back in BKK now and really wishing I were back in CM but making peace with it. Yesterday was exhausting. We went on a bus tour of Ayatthaya. A very historis part of Thailand not far from BKK. It was a bit exhausting, to be honest. We had to meet the bus early, and then we were in a very large group, so it wasn't as intimate as all the other stuff we'd done. It also felt very rushed. We couldn't linger in any of the places we wanted to i.e the Grand Summer Palace, the ruins of the ancient Wats. We did get to scoot around the Grand Summer Palace grounds tho. Marion has owie legs at the moment and we wanted to see as much as we could in our limited time so I splashed out INSANELY and hired a little golf cart thingy ($10 for an hour Australian). That was WICKED fun :D
Craig being a ham while Marion TRIES to ignore him :D
While Craig restricted himself to golf buggy hamishness, Marion became the turtle whisperer.
Way cool buildings with way cool designs are WAY COOL!
After that we set off for about an hour to the ruins that broke my heart. Over the 2nd world war and over wars these temples were destroyed, they are now World Heritage listed so that no one can ever cover up the sheer destruction the stupidity of war creates. This is Wat Pra Raturana, the site of the famous Buddha Head in a Tree that all the tourists come to shoot.
My god this place was HUGE. I was POURING with sweat after clambering around.
This place would have been beautiful in it's day.
There are still thousands of damaged and vandalised Buddha statues everywhere. The small ones have been moved to underground areas to protect them from thieves.
So beautiful
Well duh, of course I did :) The roots grew naturally around this Buddha face, no training. People think it's a bit of a miracle how they didn't grow over the face. Which by rights they should have. It looks like the tree cradles the head.
located at Wat Na Phramane, this is the only Buddha statue with a crown. Not many ppl realise that the Buddha was actually a Prince.
The reclining Buddha, the 2nd largest in Thailand. This pose is actually the presentation of the Buddha's death and journey to Nirvana. No, not the band; the final resting place of those who have reached enlightenment :)
We then took a boat ride back to BKK. It was a large ferry and we were given a wonderful smorgasbord lunch. We 3 shared a table with 2 older gay gentlemen from Holland, everyone seemed to use me as the taste tester for some of the more exotic stuff we could serve ourselves :) It was ALL good, am developing a taste for Tapioca. :D
Wats, wats, everywhere you look, wats :)
We had a bit of a kip in the arvo, the headed out to Cabbages and Condoms for a really good but rather expensive dinner. C&C was created to help raise funds to provide villagers education and practical help with family planning and also to help them seek alternatives to growing drugs to make a livelihood. It started as a small back room eatery, it is now HUGE.
Today Marion wasn't feeling all that well so C and I disappeared. We went to this MASSIVE tech mall. 6 levels of gadgets and everything a tech geek could want i.e Craig heaven :D I didn't mind wandering around. Got myself a water proof cheapy watch. We then had lunch where I foolishly thought that because I could eat a small amount of mild green chillies, I could eat a fork full of them.
I can't.
Craig got video. I will post it when he puts it online.
Gotta dash now; dinner time :)
Craig being a ham while Marion TRIES to ignore him :D
While Craig restricted himself to golf buggy hamishness, Marion became the turtle whisperer.
Way cool buildings with way cool designs are WAY COOL!
After that we set off for about an hour to the ruins that broke my heart. Over the 2nd world war and over wars these temples were destroyed, they are now World Heritage listed so that no one can ever cover up the sheer destruction the stupidity of war creates. This is Wat Pra Raturana, the site of the famous Buddha Head in a Tree that all the tourists come to shoot.
My god this place was HUGE. I was POURING with sweat after clambering around.
This place would have been beautiful in it's day.
There are still thousands of damaged and vandalised Buddha statues everywhere. The small ones have been moved to underground areas to protect them from thieves.
So beautiful
Well duh, of course I did :) The roots grew naturally around this Buddha face, no training. People think it's a bit of a miracle how they didn't grow over the face. Which by rights they should have. It looks like the tree cradles the head.
located at Wat Na Phramane, this is the only Buddha statue with a crown. Not many ppl realise that the Buddha was actually a Prince.
The reclining Buddha, the 2nd largest in Thailand. This pose is actually the presentation of the Buddha's death and journey to Nirvana. No, not the band; the final resting place of those who have reached enlightenment :)
We then took a boat ride back to BKK. It was a large ferry and we were given a wonderful smorgasbord lunch. We 3 shared a table with 2 older gay gentlemen from Holland, everyone seemed to use me as the taste tester for some of the more exotic stuff we could serve ourselves :) It was ALL good, am developing a taste for Tapioca. :D
Wats, wats, everywhere you look, wats :)
We had a bit of a kip in the arvo, the headed out to Cabbages and Condoms for a really good but rather expensive dinner. C&C was created to help raise funds to provide villagers education and practical help with family planning and also to help them seek alternatives to growing drugs to make a livelihood. It started as a small back room eatery, it is now HUGE.
Today Marion wasn't feeling all that well so C and I disappeared. We went to this MASSIVE tech mall. 6 levels of gadgets and everything a tech geek could want i.e Craig heaven :D I didn't mind wandering around. Got myself a water proof cheapy watch. We then had lunch where I foolishly thought that because I could eat a small amount of mild green chillies, I could eat a fork full of them.
I can't.
Craig got video. I will post it when he puts it online.
Gotta dash now; dinner time :)
