After over 33 hours of air travel we finally made it!!! Waking up on the 2nd floor of a teak and concrete guest house to the calls of the local birds was surreal. After meeting up with Forrest who took the train down from Chiang Mai, we explored the streets of China Town including Wat Traimit and the fruit and flower market. The 5.5 ton solid gold Buddha was formerly disguised under stucco until a moving accident in the 1960s revealed the actual contents.
In one of the streets in China Town we stumbled upon the "car salvage street" which contained piles of neatly organized of clutches, gear boxes, axles, transmissions, etc.
The fruit/veggie/flower market, is only one of the many markets of Bangkok. It covers at least 8 square blocks with fresh bananas, tropical fruits, chilies and spices and traditional local vegetables. The flower market supplies the enormous daily demand for fresh orchids and marigolds for traditional offerings.
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