My 1st trip -To The Land of Smile Day 2 (Part 1)

It was the first morning we were in Thailand. I woke up at 6am and Karen was still sleeping soundly.Then I decided to "re-sleep". 

We took Tuk Tuk to the nearest MRT station, Sala Daeng around 10am then.Our plan for the day was to visit all the temples in the other side of Bangkok (which is impossible we found later). You can see rows of stall along the road in the morning which ambience's like a night market. Seriously, you can find various stalls everywhere, range from Pirated CD, drinks, food to clothes.

We decided to have our breakfast in one of the restaurant beside the station. Karen said she wanted to have some soup for that morning.

The two girl who sell noodles

The thing that the travelers have always encountered in other foreign land is the language problem. We could not communicate with the ladies who sell noodles. They don's speak English and we could not understand Thai. We acted like duck and chicken. The result came out that I pointed to the noodle and show one (means one soup noodle) then she nodded her head. I found body language/ non-verbal language is much important in our daily life. Soon, we managed to enjoy a full bowl of noodle soup after a round of "movement of hands and feet". I have a bowl of noodle soup while sister has her bihun soup.

my noodle soup~

When I was busy capturing photos, we heard a familiar sentence : "Ni Men Yao He Shen Me?" (What do you want to have for drink?) The feeling of excited is hard to describe when you heard your mother tongue in a place which speak different language. He is the boss of the restaurant.I asked him whether he is a Chinese and he replied me that he is an original Thai but can speak Mandarin(fluently).

The boss who speaks Mandarin to us

Back to the question, we asked him any drink(tea) he would recommend for those first come to Thailand.

Ultimately, he brought us two cups of "Cha Suet" - tea with ice (=.=lll)

He told us that Thais love ice,thus we can always find there are a lot of stalls selling tea or coffee with ice in the early morning.The breakfast cost us 84 baht

 

After that, we took MRT to Siphan Taksin then. The ticket is 25 baht per person. According to the guidebook, we have to go through Chao Phraya River in order to visit those temples.The handbook showed us that it is Asia Venice where you can enjoy the boat travel. "Indeed, if you compared with Malacca river", said Karen.

At least, Chao Phraya River is clean and huge, the scenery along the river are enjoyable as well, and with the absence of "four leg snake".

The beautiful scenery along the water road

We got down from Tha Tien Pier (Pier refers to port) and headed to our first stop, Wat Pho (Wat refers to temple). We met a Tuk Tuk's driver in front of Wat Pho who told us that it was Buddha Day thus many wat(s) closed until afternoon. And we were only allowed to enter after the praying ceremony. The driver suggested us to go other place first.

Pig Statue

He offered himself to be our guide with low price thus we decided to take a ride on his Tuk Tuk.When we reached somewhere, he pointed to a statue and asked us to go doing some pray and soon we found that it is a pig statue which was built by a queen who born in pig year. After that he brought us into a wat and he told us that it was a royal wat where elite prayed in the past time.

The Tuk Tuk's driver

Meanwhile, his phone rang. He asked for a excuse and talked while we were still busy enjoying our photographing time. He came back within 5 minutes and his face changed. He told us that it was his wife calling and his daughter was sent to hospital due to an accident.

Manager

Karen squeezed the transportation fees and some tips into his hand for his friendly being. He was touched and left then. We do not think he was cheating us, although he might. Yet the reason for believing him as we believe him as a pious Buddhist. (Buddhist can't lie)
We were so lucky. Since after the sad driver left, a man in his mid-age approached us when he saw both of us. He asked us some formal questions that you guys can imagine. And he volunteered himself to introduce to wat to us. And according to him, he is the manager of the wat where we were.
He is indeed a professional commentator who explained from the wall picture to the building structure. He has even showed us the workers who were working hard ( the wat was under construction that time)

Thais use basket to lift their material

The interior of the Royal Temple

"I tell you. Even the way of construction, different countries have different ways." Indeed, the worker used basket to lift the materials up to the top. He invited us to sit and started to talk to us. He told us many about Thailand in terms of things that Thailand famous of, history and so on. He introduced us a place which called The Exotic Center where we can get cheaper manufacturer price of gold or other gems.
This is the place where really not suitable for me.

I felt extremely happy when I saw the monk. He is so kind.

He told me that his daughter is one year older than me