spent the day sightseeing. morning on a tuk tuk to see the sites off the island. Shared with a couple from israel at first but think they're the get down-see-snap-go kind.. I like to take my time... but then the guy was charging us by the hour (i think he thinks i am rich! argh!!)... they got off halfway. Weren't very friendly. Then near the reclining buddha I met this canadian guy who's been on the road for 6 months till an indefinate time. his last day in SE asia. trained in visual arts/graphic design and was funding his trip by proceeds he got from selling his paintings back home in canada and teaching english in asia whenever he ran out of money.. quite cool.. finally a nice person to talk to, but i took too much time and had to cut the ride to golden mount. Decided to walk around the old palace grounds and environs first, then crossed the river to wat na phra nam. Stopped by the very dusty roadside and managed to order noodles.
Apparently mii naam does not quite cut it when ordering cos there are namy kinds of noodle soup! I just smiled and nodded to what every she said and got mi-fen with fishball, fishcake, ba-chor and cha-siew. The works I guess.
The thais have no idea what conservation is!! I hate seeing the too new too bright bricks on the old. And the plastering! how fake can you get? The replacement buddhas for those they've put in the museum are so plastic (made of concrete, but you know what i mean)! And the tourists at the bigger more famous sites... not that many: i can still get photos with nobody inside, but i prefer to have a site all to myself and a few others =P In general quite nice though.. There are ruins everywhere, much like rome. Wats are not as well preserved (or rather they tried too hard with them) as those in Java though...
Was planning to stay here 3 days including a day trip to lopburi but I'm a bit wat-ed out already. So much so that I don't eel like making the little bit of effort to see those major sites that I missed..Just want to sit in the guesthouse and nua.. probably should just take the bus to sukhothai tml... to see more ruins and wats.. the two weeks is beginning to feel too long already... I'm tired... and lazy to look for food but i refuse to eat expensive tourist food at the guest house.. to market to market tonight again..
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xinhui!! glad to know you're doing OK!! i'm off to shanghai tmr, and hc warns of ridiculous temperatures of 37 deg. very nice... good to be travelling on your own, i must say... more when we're all back... :)
i like that! wat-ed out! haha!
actually i kind of miss bangkok already. still thinking of terms of baht :P things here seems so expensive again and everyone's so busy!
i made exactly the same comment abt rome when i was there too...hee hee...esp all the pillars and stuff...and i never realised thai ppl ate mostly noodles until now. i always thot they eat stuff like tom yam soup and pineapple rice for meals. hehe!
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