Dawn Temple at Sunset

Oops.

That “deal” I mentioned Jitra helped us get on a boat ride… well, I think we were duped.

The man offered us a boat ride around Bangkok that would stop at a few wats before dropping us off at the next place of interest, the Reclining Buddha. His first price was 1500 baht for 2 people. We said that was too much and Jitra talked him down to 1200 baht. We figured that was good enough.

Well… it was a boat ride all right. We weren’t taken to the wats along the way but we were dropped near the Reclining Buddha. Too bad that temple was closed for the day. We determined we might as well take the public ferry back across the water to the temple our boat trip should have taken us to in the first place. The ferry fare? 3 baht.

So I’d say we over paid.

But this is how we ended up at the Dawn Temple just before sunset. It was a beautiful sight as I quickly learned all Thai temples are.

As the sun set we began our long search for Chinatown. We were trying to find the main shops and markets that our guidebook mentioned. Well… we walked pretty far and eventually found Chinatown… but never the shops. Dinner that night wasn’t too memorable but there’s a good chance I doused my food in…ahem, fish sauce.

We hopped a cab and headed to Khao San Road (you know that place we decided we’d had enough of…) in search of a Thai massage. Found one. Amazing.

xo, jill