Since arriving in Thailand I had heard a lot about the Chatachuk Market in Bangkok which is only open on weekends. I was intrigued to see what it was all about so when one of the Thai teachers invited me to go with her to the market I accepted the offer.
I met her in the morning at the bus station and she told me she changed her mind and instead wanted to show me some of the temples in Bangkok. The first place she wanted to show me was the Wat Phra Kaew. I was fairly sure it was the same temple next to the Grand Palace I had already visited although I did not know for sure and the teacher I was with could not speak a lot of English.
We boarded a local bus in Bangkok to get to the temple. Then on the way the bus crashed into a car and we all had to get off and wait for another bus and again get on the bus. We reached the entry to the temple and it was the same very famous temple in Bangkok I visited when I was in Bangkok in the first week. The temple was too busy and they would not let me in with shorts on so I told my friend I did not want to go in.
Instead we walked to the Chao Phraya River and organised a boat to take us to a floating market. The floating market was much smaller than I anticipated and all they were selling was food. The food was very good though and we spent over an hour eating fresh seafood.
After the boat ride we visited a few of the smaller temples on the less touristy side of the Chao Phraya River. The temples were quite spectacular only I was a little uncomfortable as the teacher I was was Buddhist she was making me go through the whole Buddhist regime at every temple.
By late afternoon I was exhausted and hot and wanted to just get out of Bangkok so we headed back for the bus station and back to Chachoengsao.
I still have to get to the Chatachuk Market. Maybe I will go alone one day.
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