Hello Koop fans! Today we had a nice late start and decided to walk to the hug mall MKB for breakfast/lunch. Regardless of what the meal was called, it was the first of the day, and this means that Joise was hungry. This means that Josie was unable to make desicions, and by the time I had finished my 'mixed meat beef noodle soup', Josie was still aimlessly wandering about the 30+ food stalls. She finally settled on a $2 pad thai.
We did some quick shopping; Josie replaced the glasses case that was accidentally left on the plane and finished her breakfast with a Thai crepe.
Soon after, we were in another tuk tuk after some fierce bargaining and convincing the driver that we did not want to stop at his special gem store en route. Our destination was Wat Pho. What for? To see an enormous reclining Buddha covered in gold. It was very impressive! The only issue was the size of the building surrounding it barely fit the buudha thus making seeing the entire Buddha nearly impossible.
From here we had a delicate bowl of won ton soup by the river and some fruit from the side of the road. Another tuk tuk and we were at the Golden Mountain. This temple gave us panoramic views of the city. It also gave us the chance to ring some bells and hit some gongs. Considering this, we ended the gong show of sweat by taking a quick and effiecient water bus down the canal back to our hotel to freshen up.
Finally, we headed out to one of Bangkok's night markets. We toured the stalls and ate some fantastic Japanese ramen at a cute little restaurant. This is when we experienced our first SE Asia downpour. We ran for cover only to find out that the pub we chose was right in the middle of a strip of gay bars. We enjoyed people watching, experiencing the street flooding, and some Chang beers.
Fianlly, we took the sky train back to our hotel where we are showering the sweat off and drinking some more Changs we bought on the way home from 7/11. Goodnight!
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