What a shame I only had one day in Thailand!! I had the most amazing time with my host family, and exploring the city. My host-mom made the best homemade Thai food, and I had so many yummy fruits that I never even knew existed.
This is a typical sight on Bangkok streets, people selling food or other goodies straight off of their carts by the side of the road.
The day after I arrived, my friend Natcha and I went via BTS train to Siam station in the middle of Bangkok. We went to a huge market area (also called Siam) and wandered around two market buildings called Bonanza and MBK, which both had hundreds of market stalls set up. They sold everything from clothes, jewelry, and shoes, to watches, Thai silk, and iPhone cases.
After we left there Natcha bought us some Thai bubble tea, a fizzy milk drink with tapioca beads, then we went to the Siam Paragon mall, the first 7-story mall I've ever been to. This is the view from the second-to-highest floor.
This is a typical sight on Bangkok streets, people selling food or other goodies straight off of their carts by the side of the road.
The day after I arrived, my friend Natcha and I went via BTS train to Siam station in the middle of Bangkok. We went to a huge market area (also called Siam) and wandered around two market buildings called Bonanza and MBK, which both had hundreds of market stalls set up. They sold everything from clothes, jewelry, and shoes, to watches, Thai silk, and iPhone cases.
After we left there Natcha bought us some Thai bubble tea, a fizzy milk drink with tapioca beads, then we went to the Siam Paragon mall, the first 7-story mall I've ever been to. This is the view from the second-to-highest floor.
Unfortunately we had to return to the airport that same day so I could board my flight to Mumbai, then transfer to a flight to Bangalore. The new Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok has these statues of giants standing at each departure gate, guarding them like they guard Buddhist temples across Thailand.
The best souvenir my host family gave me was homemade, flattened, mango-leather... YUM!
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