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Bangkok day 2.5
Feb. 11th, 2007 07:38 amI lost a day or so in there somewhere--have no idea where it went.
We spent our first full day as a group today. There are 9 of us, not including Karl, our guide. It is an interesting mix of people and experiences, and we seem to get along well together.
We spent most of the day out on boats, wandering through the canals of Bangkok. There are miles and miles of them, and to enter them is like moving from New York into the bayou. Bangkok used to be known as the Venice of the east. I don't think, though, that Venice was ever known as the Bangkok of the west.
After lunch we went to the Grand Temple, which was kind of overwhelming after the canals. It is one of those places you could spend a week shooting, and never really capture it all.
We visited the reclining Buddha, and he is one big guy. He reclines pretty much the entire length of a temple, and looks pretty happy. Our local guide mentioned how big, heavy, long, wide, he was, but I was busy taking pictures and didn't pay attention, other than to note that his feet are 5 meters tall (the Buddha's, not the guide's).
After dinner some of us got together and did photo review. It is so interesting to see how each of us can shoot the same thing, and yet capture something different.
We have to leave the hotel at 6:00 am tomorrow to catch the morning light at a floating market, so I am going to sleep. Tonight is malaria medicine night, so I'm hoping for good dreams.
We spent our first full day as a group today. There are 9 of us, not including Karl, our guide. It is an interesting mix of people and experiences, and we seem to get along well together.
We spent most of the day out on boats, wandering through the canals of Bangkok. There are miles and miles of them, and to enter them is like moving from New York into the bayou. Bangkok used to be known as the Venice of the east. I don't think, though, that Venice was ever known as the Bangkok of the west.
After lunch we went to the Grand Temple, which was kind of overwhelming after the canals. It is one of those places you could spend a week shooting, and never really capture it all.
We visited the reclining Buddha, and he is one big guy. He reclines pretty much the entire length of a temple, and looks pretty happy. Our local guide mentioned how big, heavy, long, wide, he was, but I was busy taking pictures and didn't pay attention, other than to note that his feet are 5 meters tall (the Buddha's, not the guide's).
After dinner some of us got together and did photo review. It is so interesting to see how each of us can shoot the same thing, and yet capture something different.
We have to leave the hotel at 6:00 am tomorrow to catch the morning light at a floating market, so I am going to sleep. Tonight is malaria medicine night, so I'm hoping for good dreams.
