Grey November

Very random shot @ KLCC parking.

Filler post for more Bangkok pics!

There is this one place in Thailand that you folks must visit if you have the oppurtunity.  Its called Samut Songkhram as blogged previously by Grace.

We visited a few temples in the region and were blowned away by the detailed handcraved temples.

Buddhist monks in Thailand are a total contrast to the ones you find back here in Malaysia.  This may be a generalisation comment but many times do we notice our so called “monks” walking the streets of KL, asking for donations or we see a handful of them gracing the shopping complexes.

Buddhism is so wide spread in Thailand that there are temples of various shapes and sizes are located in every corner of the country!

Then there’s this place, Don Hoi Lot.

Life is not at all easy for the locals here.  Picking clams for your consumption is hard work.

Now then, all of this weren’t possible of not for these two.  Thanks!

FInally I get to write up on this long awaited post on Bangkok.

The moment I set foot in Bangkok, the sheer size and straightness of their expressways and roads caught me by surprise.  Roads here comes ranging from 3 to 5 laned on each side.  Road conditions were smoother back here though.

Traffic is, well, on par or worse than KL city.  Traffic dispersion was very good if you take into consideration that Bangkok is home to roughly 10 million heads compared to the 2 million in KL.

Taxis were multi-coloured; blue, yellow, green, pink, base-line Altis, turbo-ed Lancers……

I was pretty amazed that their LRT was dual tier with a shaded walkway just beneath them linking the major shopping malls together.  My only complaint was that the rails were awfully close to structures.

This is the amount of vehicles at their LRT station.

Interestingly enough, their LRT is called BTS Skyline and they charge according to Zones and not to individual stations.  Ticketing system is fully automated and only the change counter is manned.

The carriage is if not mistaken, rather identical with our Putra line.  Passengers are also more sensible.

Took a ride on it around Bangkok and came across their version of the Tugu Negara.

Update later!

A shot on the way to Bentong, Pahang.

Truly a sight for sore eyes.