Thai silk has a good name. And Jim Thompson is a mystery. So we went to his house to have a look. The silk scarves, ties, shirts, skirts, …, look very nice. But all I took was just a photograph of the cocoons of the silk worm - for free.
We took a boat cruise to the royal palace, and walked around it. On the way back, we stopped by Chinatown. A sleepy place, perhaps the most sleepy Chinatown that I have ever visited.
There are lots of cats out on the streets in Bangkok, and not many dogs. I am not too sure why.
I also stumbled upon several 3-feet long monitor lizards in Lumphini Park, while I was running. They were swimming and sunning themselves on the grass, seemingly oblivious to us. And most people did not seem to pay them much attention. Amazing.
We took a long ride on the Skytrain to Samut Prakan, where the Chao Phraya River flows into Gulf of Thailand.
We are here to check out the local seafood market. There are a lot of similarities with the Chinese, but also some surprises. More about that in a later post.
We had to check out the “4-faced Buddha 四面佛” that is so popular with the Chinese. We were surprised to find that this is not actually a buddha, but Brahma, a god in the Hindu pantheon.
In fact, there are 7 more shrines dedicated to Hindu gods in the area.
Come to think of it, it is not too surprising - given that Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism from India.
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