i've finally uploaded the BKK photos. yes, one month after i returned. haha. enjoy! i took damn long to do this!Thailand's version of MRT called BTS. it has only 3 cabins though.
so one train in SG is 2 trains over there. :P


their ticketing machine. pretty much the same as the old
kind we had. their cards, again, like our old bus card. they do have
the ez-link kind. the locals use that.

view of Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) from the boat and
within the compound. i guess it looked much better at dawn, with the
sun behind it, thus earning that name....
look at the tiles. must have taken a damn long time to cover the
whole compound with it. it's everywhere - in Grand Palace, in Wat Arun!


the Grand Palace. it's all gold and glitter. very
impressive yet itimidating.
still in the Grand Palace. a welcoming respite from the gold
structures everywhere.
at some backyard of the Grand Palace, i think. that's my dad,
with my sis and i at the back spoiling the picture. :P
our boyfriends. know why i chose the one on the right? cos he's
holding on to a gold nugget! mUAHAHAHA! *must be practical ma* :P
the famous reclining Buddha with mother-of-pearl for soles. very
pretty. :)
the 'hawker centre cum wet market' around the corner of our
hotel. they sell really delicious (much better than KFC) fried
drumsticks for S$0.90 among other good food. regretted buying only
1... :(
just behind the hotel i stayed in. look at that! Think Earth
Exhibition Hall! they have a lot of publicity on stopping global
warming, being environmental friendly and things. so cool. i wish
SG will make more effort in supporting these causes. but i guess
economic development has protecting the environment taking a back
seat.
Suan Lum Night Bazaar. don't now if those who went for the
Huamnities Field Trip in sec 2 when we were in TK remember this
place or not.
Krit Thai Mansion. the hotel we stayed in. not too bad except
that the cold water is damn cold and the hot water damn hot. cannot
achieve a balance one. and the steps leading up to the hotel are
ginormous! but it's only S$25 per night if my memory serves me well.
you can't find that rate anywhere, not even at hotel 81. and it's
opposite MBK shopping centre, beside National Stadium BTS station,
opposite National Stadium and in front of Jim Thompson House. i would
say it's a good location. :)
the very complicated, haphazard, ridiculous traffic that can be
found everywhere in Thailand. they've got A LOT of pink cabs. for
pink loving freaks people
at Chatuchak Weekend Market. we went there for 2 consecutive
days. so damn hot i sunburned and turned black. especially my
forehead. grrr. my sis, mom and me. :)
Siam Paragon. relaively high class shopping centre. the tinsel
balls are super cute and i took a picture with them but i was tooooo
fat in that pic, so no one's going to see it. seriously, i've gained
too much weight in these few years... *sigh*
lunch at Outback Steak House. can be found at Millenia Walk in
SG but it's at least 2 times cheaper in Bangkok. :D mine was some
middle-raw steak. beef beef! SHIOK!
counting down to the next green light... 112, 111, 110... cool,
eh?




Bang-Pa-In Palace or Summer Palace for the
royal family. there are eight (i think) different architeture styles in the
compound some of which are in the photos. there's Chinese, Portugese,
Thai, and some others that i forgot.
another reclining Buddha. but this made of stone and has no
mother-of-pearl soles. oh, this is in AYUTHAYA. capital of Thailand
until the invasion of the Burmese.
the whole compound is surrounded by these Buddhas. too religious
for an atheist like me.

some structure in Ayuthaya. love the angle at which it is
taken. BTW, the photographer was my Dad. i just took his photos and
displayed them. haha. given a chance, i would say they're just a pile
of rubble (left behind after the battle). ya, i have no culture.
a house with the river as the backyard. i would love to live in
this kind of house in the future. guess i'll have to move to Thailand
since the ones at Sentosa is definitely out of my league..
the famous Buddha head wrapped by a Bodhi tree in Ayuthaya.
bacause the stone is the same colour as the tree roots, it looks as
if it is part of the tree.
the more unfortunate Buddha statues that got caught in the
crossfireswords. there are headless ones, handless, armless,
bodyless. ok, i think i've just invented those words. :S and not to
mention, the weathering (chemical weathering, i would say) taking palce
on these statues. they're not in too good a shape these days...
the end of the holiday. one week was over all too quickly. and
i really miss my kids in Mae Hong Son. i think i will never get to see
them ever again...

my next travel destination shall be Cameron Highlands and Genting
Highlands. i am very interested to see the tea plantation and the
hills and mountains and get a bleeding nose. haha.

-aeRieL-

aeRieL fell to the samurai's sword @ 9:30 PM