We had scheduled a scuba diving trip for the Similian Islands, but it was cancelled due to bad weather. Because we had enjoyed Bangkok so much when we visited in March, we decided to go back for five more days. We had a great time eating our way around the city and looking at art. Here we are on Koh Kret, aka Pottery Island, where there are no cars. We found it hard to believe that we were still in Bangkok as it was so peaceful and pastoral. We even saw crops growing along the bike path as we rode.
On Koh Kret they still make pottery in the traditional way.
Back in the heart of the city, Bangkok has colorful paintings on buildings like this close up of the Hong Kong Noodle Company.
The Bangkok Art and Culture Center had an exhibit on Buddhism called "Dharma Silpa: A Study of Buddhist Philosophy and Creativity in Contemporary Art", which was wonderful. These pieces looked as if they were made of rawhide, and we found their translucence beautiful.
The newly opened Museum of Contemporary Art had 800 works of art with the vast majority created by Thai artists. This image was part of an exhibit on land art that was created last year in honor of the King's 85th birthday. The piece was conceived by Suriya Namwong.
This painting entitled "Glamorous Night in Bangkok" by Preecha Panklum had a great feeling of movement.
And we saw movement like this while were in the streets. This photo was taken while we were eating street food one night.
We tried the pork belly, which was called crispy pork with noodles.
And we went to Chinatown one night because we had heard good things about the food available there.
This fish was steamed in a wok then dressed with a lime, chili and cilantro sauce, and it tasted delicious.
We were just about finished for the night when we came upon this vendor selling pork spare ribs. We couldn't resist. They were outstanding!
We would pick the street food stands that had a lot of Thai people eating the food.
Everyone in Bangkok seems to eat street food!
The cooking action is often hot, smoky, fast, intense, and seemingly chaotic. It's a great show to watch while sitting at a street side table waiting for your food. And of course the smells are often exceedingly tantalizing.
On another evening we ate a seafood soup with abalone, squid, shrimp and fish balls.
Even the dishes are washed on the street.
We went to the Thong Lor neighborhood, which has regular restaurants that tend to be new and vibrant. We started with this amuse bouche Thai style where chilies, lime, ginger, shallots, fried garlic and peanuts are wrapped in a leaf and eaten in one bite. It's a taste of the main Thai flavors.
We enjoyed pomelo (which is like grapefruit) salad with prawns; and duck with red chili paste, eggplant and basil.
Our return visit to Bangkok made us appreciate this vibrant, exciting urban megalopolis. We are now headed off to Seoul for a three week visit of South Korea.
On Koh Kret they still make pottery in the traditional way.
Back in the heart of the city, Bangkok has colorful paintings on buildings like this close up of the Hong Kong Noodle Company.
The Bangkok Art and Culture Center had an exhibit on Buddhism called "Dharma Silpa: A Study of Buddhist Philosophy and Creativity in Contemporary Art", which was wonderful. These pieces looked as if they were made of rawhide, and we found their translucence beautiful.
The newly opened Museum of Contemporary Art had 800 works of art with the vast majority created by Thai artists. This image was part of an exhibit on land art that was created last year in honor of the King's 85th birthday. The piece was conceived by Suriya Namwong.
This painting entitled "Glamorous Night in Bangkok" by Preecha Panklum had a great feeling of movement.
And we saw movement like this while were in the streets. This photo was taken while we were eating street food one night.
We tried the pork belly, which was called crispy pork with noodles.
And we went to Chinatown one night because we had heard good things about the food available there.
This fish was steamed in a wok then dressed with a lime, chili and cilantro sauce, and it tasted delicious.
We were just about finished for the night when we came upon this vendor selling pork spare ribs. We couldn't resist. They were outstanding!
We would pick the street food stands that had a lot of Thai people eating the food.
Everyone in Bangkok seems to eat street food!
The cooking action is often hot, smoky, fast, intense, and seemingly chaotic. It's a great show to watch while sitting at a street side table waiting for your food. And of course the smells are often exceedingly tantalizing.
On another evening we ate a seafood soup with abalone, squid, shrimp and fish balls.
Even the dishes are washed on the street.
We went to the Thong Lor neighborhood, which has regular restaurants that tend to be new and vibrant. We started with this amuse bouche Thai style where chilies, lime, ginger, shallots, fried garlic and peanuts are wrapped in a leaf and eaten in one bite. It's a taste of the main Thai flavors.
We enjoyed pomelo (which is like grapefruit) salad with prawns; and duck with red chili paste, eggplant and basil.
Our return visit to Bangkok made us appreciate this vibrant, exciting urban megalopolis. We are now headed off to Seoul for a three week visit of South Korea.
