Thailand Vacation
Matt has business trips every few months to other parts of Asia. He was in Thailand in November and then again for the last week of January. He really wanted us to be able to visit Bangkok with him, since it is one of our goals to travel Asia while living in this part of the world. We left a few days before his meetings and were able to explore Thailand with a top notch tour guide. After our wonderful experience of having a guide in Cambodia, we decided to book one for our time in Bangkok, and found “Nok.” She was fabulous and well worth the $50/day. We had a 3 day tour with her and enjoyed our itinerary and would recommend her to everyone. After that, my sister-in-law (Felicia), the kids and I explored Thailand on our own while Matt had a few days of meetings. It was a fabulous vacation!
Day 1
Grand Palace is remarkable…Strict dress code: must wear long pants & shirts with sleeves
Canal Tour…we bought some bread and fed some fish from the boat
While on our canal tour we spotted at least 5 monitor lizards sun bathing
Buddha statues at Wat Pho
Reclining Buddha Wat Pho is 15 m high and 43 m long
Temple of Dawn Wat Arun
Small replica of Wat Saket Golden Mount…the point from which all distance is measured in Thailand
A different God statue for each day of the week…and for some reason Wednesday has 2 statues
Day 2
Siam Ocean World is a pretty amazing aquarium on the ground floor of a mall
Learning about silk at the Jim Thompson house…and Mason feel asleep on Tia’s back
Fish Spa in the backpackers area of Khao San
Tuk Tuk is one of the local transportation in Thailand
Day 3
Train Umbrella Market…A train comes through here twice a day and the vendors move their items while it passes
Wat Bang Kung Wat Bang Kung…a small chapel that is completely enclosed within the roots of a banyan tree
Floating Market where you can buy a wide array of items
Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua or The Tiger Temple. Also pigs, deer, antelopes, water buffalo, peacocks and maybe a few other animals roam the grounds
River Kwai Bridge was constructed by World War 2 Allied Prisoners of War
We rode the elephants, brushed them down and played with them…the highlight of the vacation for us
Day 4 & 5
Flower Market of Thailand had hundreds of flowers and arrangements for sale
Exploring China Town…very busy place and full of crafting supplies and other items
Kalani and Felicia on the paddle boat at Lumpini Park
Mason at Lumpini park where he made some new friends
After a date Matt and I went to the Magnum Cafe and had a custom Magnum bar…YUM
Sky Train of Bangkok…we took almost every form of transportation while exploring Bangkok (walking, van, taxi, tuk tuk, sky train…just missing the underground)
Cobra out at the Red Cross Snake Farm in Bangkok. There is a show at 11am & 2pm where they bring the snakes out
Kalani asked and answered questions at the snake farm and then willingly went up to have this python around her
More photos from Thailand here.
