Well, not the whole country obviously, but at least the whole of ‘Ancient Siam’ history theme park in Bangkok’s distant suburbs. It sounds cheesy but was actually loads of fun – genuine buildings, scale reproductions and some brand new architecture too.
Plenty to gawp at, and lots to make Karen look good…
Who’s that crazy statue on the hill?
Here’s one of our favourite structures – fishy!
Monty did the honours on the temptingly empty Buddha plinth.
But check out this elegant silhouette too.
After lunch, we jumped in a cab back to Chang Erawan – the 30m tall bronze three-headed elephant that Mum, Jess, Paul and I visited back in 2004. Then, it was in a dusty backwater – now it has a six-lane motorway roaring past its tusks. Still insane, though.
That was our big day out. On our last day in town, we did some light shopping, found a great Tom Yam salad joint and loved the Bangkok Art Mall (BAM, I think?), home to the coolest ice cream bar in the world, and a wonderfully air-conditioned film café.
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