So far I've loved what we've seen of Bangkok. I met up with my travel companion two nights ago and we got up early to see some beautiful temples. We took the river boat to Ko Ratanakosin and, as I've heard many a time, had many scams tried on us just after disembarking. An apparently nice man stopped us and looked at my map, telling us that Ko Ratanakosin was closed until 1 pm that day and that we should see a different Wat instead. He also told us that my companion, wearing shorts, wouldn't be allowed in. He was about to get a tuk-tuk to take us somehere better before I hurried us away. More people stopped us to tell us it was closed, he wouldn't be allowed in, only Thai people could visit today, etc. Even if there weren't tuk-tuk's around, they tried to con us. However, we didn't listen and were rewarded: the complex was open til 4 and if clothes weren't appropriate (like shorts) they provided pants free of charge. We explored for about three hours, and it was stunning!
We ate lunch at the least dodgy street market we could find, and I thoroughly enjoyed my food. We headed to Wat Pho in the afternoon, and after getting Buddha'd out we headed back to our hostel in Bangkok for a quiet night so my companion could get acclimated to his jet lag.
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