Its funny how you meet people when travelling.... On the Cambodia-Bangkok trip I met an American guy and a Canadian guy. After swapping stories and chatting we decided to all get accommodation together for the night. After grabbing some food we sat in a "bar" (which was actually a few plastic chairs in the road) and bumped into a couple of guys from South Africa. After the usual 'where have you been?', 'where are you going?' type questions we asked them what they did for a job back home... 'We grow weed!' was the reply! Apparently they just grow weed full time and ship it out all over the world, making a hell of a lot of money in the process. Apparently they bribe the police and government officials if they ever have trouble and were talking about it as casually as if they had just told us they were estate agents. It was fascinating hearing all the stories! That night the Canadian guy hooked up with one of the Thai girls that ran the bar we were sitting in. The next morning she took us for some of the best Thai food in the area, its good to have connections!
Anyway, over the next few days I saw a few more sights of Bangkok. One was Wat Pho, which houses a reclining Buddha over 40m long, with 108 little pictures made from mother of pearl on its feet! Very interesting.... Another was the Golden Mount, an artificial mountain about 150m high with great views over Bangkok and a temple at the top.
After a few days it was time to leave Bangkok again and head North for Chiang Mai....
The boat I took down the river!
The Temple of Dawn
A cool bridge in Bangkok
The huge head of the reclining Buddha at Wat Pho
My best attempt at taking a picture of the whole reclining Buddha
The Buddha's feet, with 108 mother of pearl pictures!
The designs were amazing
A temple near the Golden Mountain
The temple was square inside with lots of Buddha statues inside
The entrance to the Golden Mount with a minature mount on top!
The big golden stupa at the top of the Golden Mount
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