Khao San Road Bangkok

So our stay on the mythical islands came to an end and we decided to move along to the hustling Khoa San road in Bangkok. This is the most popular tourist destination for travellers backpacking and wanting to be were all the party animals hang out.

There are literally thousands of travellers from all over the world congregating in one space to meet other travellers from all over to world. Some of them go as far as coming here to find a travel companion to go on a world journey with infinite posibilities.

We arrived and found ourselves a quiet little hotel on the ouskirst of the river, two roads up from the actual famous Khoa San road, with a stunning view of Bangkoks bridge. We dropped off our backpacks, had dinner and then hit the streets.

There are thousands of stalls along the road selling all kinds of things that a tourists haeart desires, anything from food, clothes, books, tours etc. We walked over to the bridge to admire the view and decided on a rather early night so that we could tackle the Temples first thing in the morning.

Early wake up and we got ourselves down to Khao San road, hired a Tuc Tuc Taxi and the driver for the day who took us on a tour of some of the more famous temples in Thailand.

We started off at the Standing Buddha which stands about five stories high and overlooks the whole of the city. It was on a special holiday as well, so we saw all the proper prairs and rituals take place in the same fashion as what they would have been like five thousand years ago.

Then off to some of the more remote and less well known temples, and the grand finale at the Grand Palace. Not only the King's current residence but also the place where you can find the Emerald Buddha. Again we were incredibly lucky as we could see a real monk prosession walking through the temples, chanting and giving gifts to the Emerald Buddha.

It was the most amazing experience ever....

I got to pose with the Royal guards. They are just as strict as the ones in Lodon, or so it seems.

We unfortunately ran out of time on the day, but we still need to go and see the famous reclining Buddha when we return to Bangkok on our next journey. This one is made of 5 tons of solid gold.