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September 2nd: The Asian metropolis Bangkok has a surplus of attractions if you can tolerate the traffic, noise, heat and polluted air. I arrived at Bangkok airport at 7:00 am and after I got my backpack somebody picked me up to bring me to Trang hotel. I stayed here last year for a few days when I had a stopover from my trip to Vietnam.
September 3rd: after a good sleep I went to Vieng Travel to book a 3-days tour to the River Kwai. After that I visited the National museum which is about 2km from the hotel. This museum is the largest museum in South-East Asia and an excellent place to learn something about Thai art. Via the Democracy Monument
and Khao San rd I returned to Trang hotel. I took a dive in the swimming pool and spent there a few hours. After my dinner i went to Patpong and had a beer in a gogo-bar. I refused several proposals and I returned to my hotel (alone).
September 4th: I booked a 3-days tour to River Kwai at Vieng Travel and took the boat (Chao Praya express) to Chinatown. This crowded array of jewelry, hardware, wholesale food, automotive and fabric shops, as well as dozens of other small businesses is a good place to shop. Via the Hua Lamphong station, which was built by Dutch architects and engineers just before WWI, I walked to Wat Traimit. This Temple of the Golden Buddha is a impressive three-metre-tall, 5,5 tonne, solid gold Buddha image. On the way back several streets were closes because of the fact that the president of China was visiting Bangkok. Lots of children had Thai and Chinese flags and were waiting along the road. After a few minutes some cars drove by with speed so this was it. After that I took a tuktuk to Wat Sakhet (Golden Mountain) where you have a good view over Bangkok from the summit. In the evening I went to Khao San rd for a dinner and some shopping.
September 5th: after my breakfast I took a tuktuk to the snake farm near Lumphini Park. At this research institute venomous snakes are milked daily to make snake-bite antidotes, which are distributed throughout the country. The cobra's are beautiful and dangerous and one of the guards was bitten by one in his hand. After that I went to Lumphini Park
which is named after the Buddha's birthplace in Nepal and which is Bangkok's largest and most popular park. A relaxing place after all the hectic in Bangkok.
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