Been now in Bangkok for 6 days:
- arranging visas (received already the Vietnamese visa, now the passport is in the Indian embassy);
- visiting various temples hosting various kinds of famous Buddha statues (reclining, emerald, golden);
- taking river boats and ferries on the Chao Phraya river;
- cruising over Bangkok's hotel, embassy and shopping mall district in the air-conditioned SkyRail;
- squeezing through the streetmarkets of Chinatown;
- drinking litres of water, Coke/Fanta/Sprite, fruit juices and beer to balance the constant dehydration;
- letting fish massage our feet (yes, upon check-in, our hostel gave us a free coupon for a 10-minute fish massage);
but the TODO-list is still long:
- visit the nearby floating market(s) together with Sumpun (Csilla's colleague from Uni Zurich Tierspital) and his family;
- learn to meditate under the guidance of an English-speaking monk;
- see a Thai boxing match;
- see a standing Buddha (adding to our collection of several sitting, walking, and reclining ones);
- buy cheap electronics, e.g. a 320GB external HDD to back up our travel photos;
- feed a monk (for that one needs to wake up at least at 6am, which we have failed to do so far);
- go on a sightseeing tour on a Segway (probably too expensive, though).
So we'll stay here for another 5 or 6 days.
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