On our first stop,we went to Wat Benjambhopit. Wat means temple. Built by King Rama V in 1900's. Also known as the Marble Temple because the temple is covered with marble and impressive gold beams. Remember that proper dress codes is strictly implemented in all temples and be your best behavior. Since it was already midday when we have arrived dur to some traffic, sandals and shoes are pretty crowding the stairs going inside the temple.
Wat Benjambhopit
Riza's newly found friend
Lost in thoughts? or was I sleeping here? Not sure.
Wat Intharawihan
Our next stop is the Standing Buddha of about 32m high made with 24carat gold! We traveled roughly 30 minutes to go there, not bad considering Thailand's traffic on a mid day!
Map from Wat Benja to Wat Intharawihan
We told Anne (tour guide) we'd like to stop over for some quick snack before going in the temple since there are quite few food kiosks around the area. We sampled chicken and vegetable dumplings (I gobbled 3 sticks!) for 12 sticsk we paid total Bhat 100.
featuring Thailand's local dumplings
sampling local foods. (^.^)
It passed my sister's meticulous taste buds. Hopefully, on her tummy too.
oops, not the right time to do shopping yet.
Temple entrance.
The tallest Buddha in Bangkok! You could go up the the stairs behind the statue. I think people here go to do more of worship than tours, but worth the quick visit.
Lovely window details...
Gems Centre
Then again, just like our other tours before, we were ushered to some Jewelry Shop. Thailand is known as the jewelry hub in Asia. For all your sparkling needs, or for just some sight-seeing, Thailand's Gems Center is the place to be. We did not do much but feast our eyes on expensive rubies, sapphires and diamonds and refresh with complimentary drinks. No pictures allowed inside the showroom.
Baiyoke Boutique Hotel
Finally time to check in, we needed to rest now. Located near Pratunam Market at Rajprapop Road near the Airport Link train and just behind the tallest building- Baiyoke Sky Hotel. The hotel lobby has a cozy old atmosphere, receptionist was all nice and speaks English well, bellboy was kind of helpful as well but do not be duped though, we later found out that A/C does not work properly and that drainage smell in the shower. The room is spacious to fit the 3 of us, but the wallpaper looks old and dark, it could use some replacement! The buffet breakfast comes quite good, but imagine we have to deal with this for 3 days!
The Curry Pot
After dropping our things quickly, we went out to eat lunch as we are literally starving, so we found ourselves at the next door restaurant.
Tom Yam soup, a spicy sour soup with prawns, crabs other seafood with generous helping of herbs, Spicy fried fish and some Roti to go with it. The pungent smell of tom yam is too hard to ignore. We had extra helping of Roti to go with it. Solved!
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