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| Bangkok's International Airport (Suvarnabhumi)
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| The terminal of Bangkok's International Airport (Suvarnabhumi) reminds me
of a centipede's abdomen.
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| Scenes from the Skytrain (Elevated Train)
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| The first of a number of picture of Bangkok I took while riding the
elevated train ("skytrain"). They provide a glimpse of the city.
| | I spotted a handful of canals from the skytrain. I only managed to get one
on film three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip leaving the
city.
| Greenery.
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Rooftop foliage in aged buildings outside the city center.
I took this picture three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip
leaving the city.
| Apartment buildings.
| Near (in?) downtown, a bigger street and office buildings.
| An example of Bangkok's elevated expressways.
I took this picture
three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip leaving the city.
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| A golf course.
| Another shot of the golf course.
I took this picture three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip
leaving the city.
| I took this picture three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip
leaving the city, in an attempt to photograph a canal. As you can tell
from the angle, I was nearly too late. But, I happy that I got a good
image of street food carts along with a bit of a canal.
| A statue by a park. Little did I know, by happenstance I'd be visiting
the park later in the day.
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I think this is another shot of the same park.
I took this picture three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip
leaving the city.
| On a shopping street, a temple-like entrance to a building.
| Colorful Bangkok automobiles.
I realized later that all the
brightly colored vehicles are taxis.
I took this picture in the
afternoon, on my second skytrain trip, not my first.
| Street food.
I took this picture three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip
leaving the city.
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Another shot of a similar scene.
I took this picture three days later, on March 18th, on my skytrain trip
leaving the city.
| A somewhat busy street with lots of overhead electricity lines.
| A cemetery I briefly glimpsed on every skytrain ride. On every ride, I
attempted to photograph it because it's so distinctive in appearance and
surprising that it's found near the center of the city. I kept failing,
either getting mixed up and not being on the correct side of the train or
not managed to get close enough to an unobstructed window. I finally
succeeded in taking a picture of it three days later, on March 18th, on my
skytrain trip leaving the city.
| An example skytrain station.
I took this picture two days later, on
March 17th.
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| Wat Yannawa, a temple visible from the skytrain station, Saphan Tak Sin,
nearest our hotel.
| Ditto. Notice the flourishes on the roof.
| Another perspective of the same temple.
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| Ferry to Hotel
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| The Chao Phraya river, as seen from the dock where we waited for our
hotel's ferry. This picture looks roughly south I think.
| Boats on the Chao Phraya. I think this picture looks roughly north.
| Long boats for hire. They're very expensive: about US$25/hour, compared
with most trips on the public ferries costing about US$0.60.
| Our hotel's ferry. Often we were the only people in it.
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| A line of longboats hiding under the bridge.
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| Hotel (Daytime)
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| Our hotel while we stayed in Bangkok: The Peninsula.
| A walk-through video our hotel room, complete with my often unnecessary
commentary. The movie ends with the stunning view out of the window.
Obviously, my commentary is slightly wrong: the first stall that I called
a shower stall is actually the toilet stall. Also, I didn't mention it
but, like Hong Kong's Peninsula hotel, there's a tv in the wall by the
bathtub.
| A panorama of Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river as seen from our hotel
room on the 21st floor.
| The fancy bathroom in the lobby. The mirrors provide a cool effect.
I took this picture three days later.
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