We arrived in Bangkok late yesterday afternoon, on a flight from Siem Reap. We taxied from the airport, found our hotel, settled in for a bit, then went on a walk. Our hotel is a long block from the Grand Palace and several well known Buddhist Temples that are on a river that runs through Bangkok. There are ferries passing constantly. We walked for an hour, checking things out, then stopped at a local restaurant for dinner. A nice couple at the adjacent table helped us order. Dinner was good!
Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand and is home to close to 18 million people in the metropolitan area. It is a modern city in many ways, with hundreds of skyscrapers, yet there is plenty of Old Bangkok still visible. There is construction everywhere with cranes dotting the city, building more tall buildings. It is such a large city, it is hard to wrap my arms around.
