seeing some more of bangkok.

after relaxing on saturday, i decided i wanted to do something on sunday. most people went out of town this past weekend though, so it was just me and meghan. she suggested going to wat pho, which is one of the most famous things here in bangkok and home to the largest reclining buddha. it was something neither of us had seen yet so it was a good deal.

after waiting for her for an hour, because of traffic and thai time, we finally met inside the wat and got to see just how gigantic this buddha is, and its massive.

there wasnt much else in the wat that we wanted to see though, so we were going to head over to see the un. we finally found a taxi that would take us where we wanted to go and got in. but after driving a few feet and heading into the main traffic, he told us that the un was closed because it was sunday, so we made him pull over and let us out.

after much discussion, we decided to head over to siam to go to a museum and see what was playing at the cinema and then jump on the bts two stops to have some mexican for dinner. however, the museum only had a few exhibits worth seeing and when we got to the theater and debated the times and shows that were available, nothing worked out, so we headed over to eat earlier than expected. this turned out to be good because we got there in time to catch the end of buy one get one free happy hour.

the wall paintings exhibit.

the exhibit called meghan buckman.

we ordered nachos to split and meghan ended up making friends with some guys in another booth who are teachers in korea and on vacation here. we chatted with them, first over the divider and then at our table for a bit and compared the conditions here to theirs there. they clearly have it up on us in almost all aspects....except that they are not by glorious beaches and have as much snow right now as those back home.

so when we tried to leave and head back home, we discovered that the main street was closed off for some kind of festival that we didnt know about, so we walked around that for a bit and saw some performances and food stands and vendors selling crafts before trying to get home.

a punk band playing in the street

meghan was taking the bts, so that was easy for her. i dont have that option though since the closest stop is a 140 baht cab ride away from my apartment. what i usually do is take a metered taxi, but they were hard to come by, and i was able to convince a motor bike to take me (which is what made me write this post). they usually dont do distances that far, but i suppose that the festival created an influx of people who needed transportation and they were taking advantage of it.