Aurum The River Place Bangkok

Asia is so much more fun to travel in than Australia. While travelling in Aus is very simple and straight forward and not at all challenging due to everything being pretty efficient and the language being the same it's just not as fun as Asia. <br><br>Asia is so different and vibrant and happening. Just walking around the streets in asia is an experience in ...

After 1st night in the amazing tree lamphu house, we headed out to explore bangkok. managed to wangle a tuk tuk, driven by "Tevez", for 15Baht (bargain)!!! went to the standing buddha, its over 30ft tall, then onto the lucky buddha. It was very lucky indeed as normally tourists dont get in but because it was the queen's birthday we got to light candle and insence! the guy who looked after the temple was so nice and helpful - always ask ...

... snacks which we shared and I offered him some of my premade sandwich but he refused. <br><br>At bed time the guard came round and lowered the top bunks and made up all of the beds. Mine was the upper bunk (as it was cheaper) but it was still very comfortable and had its own reading light. This was all by 9:30 and as I drifted off I could hear a loud English couple get on at a station half way down the Thai peninsula.

... to a shop window with a grin to ask which way is Rama VIII. They lady closes the door, turns the lock twice and shakes her head to our heroes perfectly legible Ralksjdnma Eiiiinbsfght? Gab's Zip was not undone, he checked, and it sounded all right in his head. The steps seem to get erratic, The GPS going mad on the screen, the traffic flowing by fast, as the ground becomes like the boat was earlier, except more difficult to stand on. It must be an earthquake! They stumble on when Jon ...

... interests dominate our foreign policy more than our domestic policy (which I think is also pretty well co-opted) because the American people may be generous and well-intentioned but we are also understandably more concerned with our domestic issues than international crises (fickle with ADHD). If you think that is a negative moral value I defy you to find a country that isn't. We embark upon international forays then forget about them ...

... heard that the trains there have all the windows blacked out so you can&#8217;t see anything outside of the cars. You can only see what they want you to see. It reminds me a lot of North Korea in that respect. <br><br>Katie wasn't feeling well so she decided to go home but the rest of us decided to eat at the grill place. It was really interesting, the waiter sat this grilling surface on our table and we ordered a giant plate of veges that we all shared. Steffan and I ordered ...

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... monk, sitting completely still with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. He was holding a string that led into a small pond in front of him. There were several people sitting around the semicircle, worshipping. It was an amazing sight. <br><br>Next we headed to the Lucky Buddha, my favorite of all the Buddhas. We were greeted by a man in the temple ( as well as some cats) that gave us a brief overview of the Buddhists view of reincarnation and nirvana and ...

... no one in Laos, Thailand or Cambodia does.<br>· You have to put your toilet paper in the rubbish bin as the sewage system in most cities can&#8217;t handle it.<br>· They drive on the left hand side of the road in Thailand and the right side in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.<br><br>If you have visited some SE Asian countries you may know these ...