Category Archives: Bangkok

Wat Arun

Wat Arun or the Temple of the Dawn in Bangkok. This is the second temple we visited; it is right next to the Chao Phraya river (one of the biggest rivers in Thailand) that crisscrossed Bangkok and empties in the gulf of Thailand. Construction on this temple started in 1809; it was named the temple of dawn […]

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Khlongs – Bangkok

Khlobgs is the name given to the Bangkok canal system. So this is not the first city I heard that has been named the Venice of the East; Suzhou is also called that. Having seen both, the canal network in Bangkok is significantly larger and more complex that Suzhou’s. Actually, it dwarfs Venice itself (we visited Venice […]

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Grand Palace – Bangkok, Thailand

This was our first trip outside of China since we started our South East Asia adventure 7 months ago. We decided to make Bangkok our first non-China stop. The main reason was that Bangkok is considered one of the most amazing cities in the region for its history, friendly people, fantastic history, temples and food. […]

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