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| Near Silom Complex
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| Back closer to downtown. With all the signs sticking out into the street,
it reminds me a bit of Hong Kong.
| This street off the previous street has a few food stands. We ate lunch
here.
| My lunch. At right, chicken and something I don't recall. At left,
sweetened preserved vegetables.
| We spotted this food cart in one lane of a major street. With all his
boxed food, it looks like he's trying to be a
drive-thru/grab-and-go.
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| From an overpass above the major street. Taken simply to show more of the
look of the city.
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| Lumpini Park
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| A statue by one of the main entrances to Lumpini Park, in effect Bangkok's
Central Park, being close to downtown and surrounded as it is by tall
buildings.
| A canal by the edge of the park.
| A map of Lumpini Park. I uploaded this to (a) show the park has water and
(b) provide a list of all the different pavilions it has.
| A relatively typical scene in the park, though perhaps more artistically
composed than most.
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| One of the park's lakes. I learned the water wheels were installed as
part of a promotion by the electric works company.
| One of the park's many pavilions, all in slightly different styles.
| A 360 degree panoramic movie of Lumpini Park. Listen with sound to hear
the birds. This isn't a notable part of the park; I took the video simply
to give an impression of it.
| We spotted this reptile, a water monitor lizard. It's probably about
two meters long. I think it was more scared of us than we were of it
(which is surprising, as we were pretty scared of it): it ran away
once we were within thirty feet. (Basically, it ran as soon as we
noticed it.)
Its head is the far side. I think I caught it
with its long tongue sticking out!
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| It boogied into the water.
| And swam to the opposite bank.
| Another pretty pavilion (the Yaovarach Pavilion?). Perhaps
excellent.
| A banyan tree made into a shrine.
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| Food Festival at Silom Complex
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Looking at the food festival from the second floor of Silom Complex.
I took this picture two days later, on March 17th, when we re-visited
the festival.
| Another part of the festival. These are the only two wide pictures I
have, as photography was prohibited at the festival and it was being
enforced.
I took this picture two days later, on March 17th, when we
re-visited the festival.
| The pot in which someone made longan juice.
| My longan juice. Good.
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| A crispy roti with sweetened string coconut (yellow) and unsweetened
coconut (white). Interesting. Decent I suppose.
| Di Yin buying sushi.
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| Hotel (Night-time)
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| Our hotel lit up at night.
| A panorama of Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river as seen from our hotel
room at night. It's pretty. This picture doesn't do it justice.
Incidentally, recall I took the same picture
during the daytime.
| A picture focused on the buildings just across the river.
| All the public boats stop running at dusk, but a few continue trolling
the river. These are nicely outlined in lights. Judging from what I
read and saw, many of these (maybe this one) were large party boats:
dance floor, DJ, strobe lighting, large bar, and a buffet.
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| Chinatown
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| Chinatown's Gate.
| Lights and cars along Yaowarat, Chinatown's main drag.
| Street food stands along one side-street.
| More street food.
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One stand we ate at.
Note the Obama shirt.
| Drunken noodles (a.k.a. pad kee mao) with chicken. Fine. We shouldn't
have ordered it non-spicy, but Di Yin's head wasn't on right. We needed
to add chilies, but it would've been better if the cooks had simply added
the right spice mix when cooking it.
| An expansive street food establishment where we had our second half of
dinner. (Is it a restaurant or simply a stand with a lot of tables and
waiters? I don't know.)
| Large, tasty shrimp (Di Yin's dad was looking forward to these and very
pleased with them) along with kang kung, which was delicious and garlicky.
It was my favorite dish of the day.
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