Friday, January 8, 2010

The Adventures of Thailand: Part 1

by Audrey Sayer

First we had to catch a plane from New Delhi, India to Bangkok, Thailand. It took us three hours to get to Bangkok. When we got to Bangkok it was night. (Bangkok is the capital of Thailand). We took a taxi from the airport to our hotel. Our hotel had a pool on the roof. Cool! We could see the city all around us! There were other fun things at the hotel too. There were fish downstairs in the hotel lobby. I tried to touch them!There were also water taxis because there is a big river that cuts Bangkok in half. The name of it is Chao Phraya.
We walked a lot in Bangkok! We walked to many Buddhist temples. My favorite (and my Dad's) is the Wat Pho (pronounced "po"). It is of the reclining Buddha. The statue of Buddha is SO big its fingernail was as big as my head. The word "Wat" means "temple" in Thai.
Stayed tuned for Part 2... Its about the ancient city of Sukhothai!

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