Fun time's over. Back to the office tomorrow. No more touristy things for me. I'm here to work, dammit! Or not...
I spent the last week as a tourist. Full-fledged, card-carrying tourist. Not a traveller; a tourist. The kind that books a transfer from the airport the resort. The kind that orders room service b/c they can't be bothered to walk the 30 metres to the bar. The kind that goes to a tourist village to see all the wonders of Thailand faithfully reproduced to a smaller scale. Yes, that was the Ancient City. Kay and Michael (newly engaged) took their friend Brad and I to the Ancient City for a day of tourism. We travelled south of Bangkok (though it's so crowded, you never leave the city) to the area of Bang Na. You drive down this road, past the crocodile farm, the seafood restaurants and enter the ancient city. Meaning, you park your car, rent a bicycle (with basket) and motor around a scale model of Thailand. The 20 odd acres are even in the shape of Thailand so everything is place with geographical correctness. You head NW to go to Chiang Mai, south to Krabi, etc. All of the monuments of the country are there. Well, all the important ones. But they're half the size of the actual things.
We biked around Thailand. That's the long and short of it. We spent a full 6 hours doing it, too. But our day wasn't over. We were so close to the Gulf of Thailand, we had to go to Bang Pu. Apparently, it's a local recreation area with carnie games and rides and a pier. This is where everyone stands to watch the sunset over the gulf. And nothing compares to a sunset in Bangkok. There is so much pollution there, you see every colour of the rainbow spread over the horizon. And when the sun goes down, it disappears from sight just above the horizon. The smog is so thick, it hides the sun. The colours are neat, though.
We were tired of the massive crowds (Seriously, there were almost a thousand people in this tiny little rec area) so we stopped at a nearby seafood restaurant for some fresh fish. B/c hey, that's what you do when you're near the ocean.
But I still can't believe I biked around Thailand in a day.
I spent the last week as a tourist. Full-fledged, card-carrying tourist. Not a traveller; a tourist. The kind that books a transfer from the airport the resort. The kind that orders room service b/c they can't be bothered to walk the 30 metres to the bar. The kind that goes to a tourist village to see all the wonders of Thailand faithfully reproduced to a smaller scale. Yes, that was the Ancient City. Kay and Michael (newly engaged) took their friend Brad and I to the Ancient City for a day of tourism. We travelled south of Bangkok (though it's so crowded, you never leave the city) to the area of Bang Na. You drive down this road, past the crocodile farm, the seafood restaurants and enter the ancient city. Meaning, you park your car, rent a bicycle (with basket) and motor around a scale model of Thailand. The 20 odd acres are even in the shape of Thailand so everything is place with geographical correctness. You head NW to go to Chiang Mai, south to Krabi, etc. All of the monuments of the country are there. Well, all the important ones. But they're half the size of the actual things.
We biked around Thailand. That's the long and short of it. We spent a full 6 hours doing it, too. But our day wasn't over. We were so close to the Gulf of Thailand, we had to go to Bang Pu. Apparently, it's a local recreation area with carnie games and rides and a pier. This is where everyone stands to watch the sunset over the gulf. And nothing compares to a sunset in Bangkok. There is so much pollution there, you see every colour of the rainbow spread over the horizon. And when the sun goes down, it disappears from sight just above the horizon. The smog is so thick, it hides the sun. The colours are neat, though.
We were tired of the massive crowds (Seriously, there were almost a thousand people in this tiny little rec area) so we stopped at a nearby seafood restaurant for some fresh fish. B/c hey, that's what you do when you're near the ocean.
But I still can't believe I biked around Thailand in a day.
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