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Rainy day in Bangkok

Rainy day in Bangkok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJCSEX0P8pg

Thai Flower Market

Thai Flower Market

Bangkok Flower market
source: www.bangkokbeat.com, http://en.wikipedia.org, www.infohub.com
PAK KLONG TALAD (Flowers & Vegetables Market), It is known mostly as a wholesale flower market serving everyone from flower vendors to florists, but it also has a good selection of fresh vegetables, which are bought in the pre-dawn hours to be transported to neighborhood markets around Bangkok for sale [...]

Bangkok Fabric Market

source: www.infohub.com, www.bangkokbeat.com
PHAHURAT is and the largest fabric market in Bangkok. There are plenty of cloths, ready-made clothes, cosmetics, souvenirs and snacks are sold along the way
THAI SILK MARKET is the old Bangkok-style shopping center has numerous shops. And also the best place to buy Thai Silk fabric, Thai Silk Cloths, stalls selling Thai food, [...]

Bangkok Chinatown

China town
source: Wikipedia, bangkokbeat.com
A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of Chinese outside the majority-Chinese countries of Greater China. Chinatowns occur all over the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
In the past, overcrowded Chinatowns in urban areas were generally [...]

Wat Phra Kaew

Wat Phra Kaew

source: bangkokbeat.com
photo: trekearth.com
The official name of "Wat Phra Kaew" (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) is "Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram" which was built in the precincts of the Royal Palace (The Grand Palace). The temple is definitely an architectural wonder. Hundreds of tourists around the world are visiting Wat Phra Kaew in weekday [...]