western influences inside the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace complex

east meets west... take your pick: gilded temple at the right or i-am-sixteen-going-on-seventeen at the left

a summer palace won't be complete without white flowers

patulan ba ang water plant sa paso

para kaming nasa set ng period movie (note the guards in the background)

bear brand commercial rolling: "i remember yesterday... is that you, lolo?"

follow the leader... elephant topiaries in the summer palace

wat phra ram built for the king who made ayutthaya the country's capital in the 14th century. this is one of MANY pictures in this area... sinulit namin ni dani ang 30 baht sa dami ng pictures namin ng mga ruins around this area. according to dani, sumasamba ang lady in pink na ito na may blue and white striped umbrella.

phra mongkhon bophit chapel where a huge bronze budda sits inside... didnt get to see the buddha anymore because we didn't want to have to line up with all the other people you see here. saka hindi na namin tyinagang magtanggal na naman ng shoes namin. i'll just settle for cleo's picture.

kahit saang lupalop dalhin, KAPUSO pa din kami! (note the pink heart stickers we wore for the tour...ok lang na hindi na makita sticker ni dani sa picture na to... super pink na naman ang blouse nya eh).

wat phra si san phet with three chedis and our sunday tour guide (mr. sugar cane lumpia) in red... sya lang ata ang tour guide na iniiwanan ng mga tinu-tour nya. nakapameywang na din sya dahil nagpapaguide na nga lang kami, may gana pa kaming wag sumunod sa kanya.

sobrang init na sa ayutthaya pagdating namin sa wat na ito... sabi sa internet this is wat kasattrathirat worawihan (wuh?). all i know is that it's by the chao phraya river and super deadly ang stairs going up the largest structure. kelangan gumapang paakyat dahil sobrang liit ng steps.

thailand flag and barges carrying sand quarried from the river bed. kahit buhangin dito ninenegosyo--talagang yayaman sila. kung sa pasig river kaya ito gawin? nakakatakot isipin kung anong mahuhukay nila dun.

Rama IV or III or II Bridge... i forgot and i can't find my map just now. Basta it's a bridge named after one of the kings and it looks very interesting at this angle... like a tower rising from below.

bangkok skyline in the distance

cruising along chao phraya river towards river city mall

Bangkok Day Two of Four

Sa-wa-dee!! Binulabog namin ang Wat Po on our first sight-seeing day in Bangkok. Walang nakaligtas na statwa na hindi namin ginaya. Sayang talaga wala kaming dalang jang-geum costumes... hindi kami nakapagpugay nang husto.

i didn't pay much attention to our tour guide so i don't know what these are. they look like giant versions of the bell librarians use to shush noisy students down.

can't help indulging my fascination for taking pictures of flowery roofs and spiky towers.

walking beside "kings". kitty said that each tower represented one past "rama", or king, of thailand.