Tag #22 und #23

We are now on the third day in Bangkok and have already seen a lot. Yesterday we went on a typical Bangkok TukTuk tour. The TukTuk drivers are abundant in the city and almost pressure the tourists ('TukTuk'???). So in the morning we found our driver at the nearest street from our accommodation, who took us to three different temple attractions for only 100 Baht. In return, we had to let him take us to two designer suit shops and a tourist agency for advertising purposes. The temples themselves were very beautiful (see pictures - they all look similar), but our role as advertising victims was not. The sellers were very pushy and quickly became unfriendly when we tried to explain that we didn't need a new suit or dress.

During the day, we walked through some markets in the city and ended the day with a typical tourist 'Bucket' in one of the beautiful bars.

Today we planned to visit the magnificent major temples of Bangkok. The largest of them is the 'Wat Phra Kaew' (Grand Palace), which covers a huge area. What initially deterred us were the hordes of (Asian) tourists gathered at the entrance. When we finally passed the strict dress code checks (no bare arms and legs), we realized that we had to follow a guided tour, which costs 500 Baht per person and we were not allowed to explore the complex on our own, but were 'rushed through'. So we decided to settle for photos and the exterior of the temple, and visit the next one on the list: Wat Pho, the 'Reclining Buddha'. This slightly smaller complex consisted mainly of a magnificently decorated hall, in which a huge reclining Buddha stretched from front to back.

In the afternoon, we walked to the 'Dusit Zoo', which was three and a half kilometers away, and wanted to indulge in some animal photography ;) The zoo is quite small and doesn't have many animals, which are 'very attractively presented' as described in Tripadvisor: sometimes many animals in a small elongated cage, without real retreat options. In addition, several animals looked neglected and behaved somewhat apathetically... But the tigers were beautiful (see pictures ;)) One highlight of the zoo were their three Frisian cows, which are apparently not well known in Thailand.

In the evening, we walked through the city...

Afterwards, Jakob tried to solve our water kettle problem: it always switches off by itself before it gets hot enough - which of course is not ideal for our noodles soup, etc... So, we had to unscrew it, remove the held heat sensor, reconnect the wires - and then try if it works: connected it to the power grid... and then 'BOOM' - power off - Wi-Fi off - darkness - silence throughout the house...

Well, the power is back in the house now... but it still doesn't work in our room... so now we will try to get back on the power grid and make sure no one finds out that we were the cause... Otherwise, we will have to change accommodations tomorrow...

Update: We have power again now. The guy said it was because of our multiple socket - we obviously agreed (of course we hid the water kettle in the far corner)

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