Friday August 10th was a jammed packed day full of activities our orientation leaders at KMUTT planned. The first stop on our "cultural tour of Bangkok" was the Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha. It is a big park-like area filled with elaborate temples and statues. It was very busy Friday and filled with thousands of tourists. There aren't many foreigners in our suburb so it's always a shock to go downtown and be surrounded by Westerners. We had a really nice tour guide but since there were 57 people in our group, it was hard to hear all that he was saying so mostly I just looked around and enjoyed the sites. We shuffled into and out of wats and admired the beautiful architecture.
Here is a view of the side of one of the buildings. I cropped it out but there are about 15 other people bending over on the left trying to get the same photo I took :) I guess the long line of intricately carved figures called to everyone's camera lense, not just mine!
Another awesome Buddha that we saw.
Emily, Mary-Katherine, and I at the Grand Palace.
P'Tom, P'Wit, and I hanging out.
The second half of the day was spent at the Ancient City. It was a really neat area and we rented bikes and tried to explore as much as possible in just 2 and a half hours. It was a nice change of pace because instead of being pushed and shoved in huge crowds and out in the sweltering heat with no escape, we were able to breeze along peacefully and check out all the sights at our own leisure.
Keith cruising along.
Picture I snapped while riding along on our bikes!
Great view from the top of a mini Angkor Wat.
The group being silly at the top.
It was a great day and I'm glad the KMUTT orientation leaders organized it all for us!
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