Tag: bangkok
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 14: Welcome to the Jungle, and the Winery
January 11 was another early morning. We ate a big breakfast at the hotel, then coated ourselves in bug spray and jumped into the Party Van for the ride into the park. At the Khao Yai visitor center we were introduced to a veteran park ranger who was going to lead us on a five-kilometer…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 11: Dances in Bangkok and Cooking in Ayutthaya
January 7 was a “free” day for us, in the sense that there weren’t any scheduled tours. So, naturally, we spent that time by . . . going to museums. Specifically, to the National Museum, next door to the Grand Palace in the center of Bangkok. We went by subway, which was easy, although it…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 10: Boating Around Bangkok
January 6 was another lovely day, though not quite as busy. We rode aboard the Party Van to the west bank of the Chao Phraya river for a visit to the Wat Arun temple complex in the Thonburi district. Wat Arun can be translated as “Temple of Dawn” and sits just across the river from…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 9: Around Bangkok Four Ways
On January 5 our guide Sita really put us through our paces. We met her at 8:00 a.m. for a brisk walk to the Lumphini metro station, where we learned how to navigate Bangkok’s subway. It’s a pretty impressive system, especially considering it’s dug deep under a swampy river delta. I can only assume that…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 8: The End of the Beginning
Our flight out of Siem Reap did not take us eastward across the Pacific toward North America. Quite the reverse: we headed west for the second half of our trip. Siem Reap has a brand-new airport, out in the middle of nowhere forty-six kilometers east of the city. It was built and is apparently run…
The Cambias Digression 