Walking Bangkok

Today I went out without any predefined itinerary. I took the metro and went down at the last station and began to walk. The first thing I saw was a small temple where a gold Buddha is placed.

Is a 5 ton gold Buddha, discovered by luck. Then I entered Chinatown, full of street business, not only food and crafts, but massages, facial cleaning, repairing, etc.

After some streets only for repairing old cars I arrived to something called the golden mountain. A temple on top of a mountain with beautiful Buddha and great city view.

Some blocks ahead was a Muay Thai fights stadium, but there were no fights today :(


This is my last post of the trip. Tomorrow I’ll travel to Chiang Mai, to begin my meditation retreat, so no Internet, and no tourism. I hope you liked what I wrote. Till the next one!!

Bangkok

Amazing vibrant city, a strange mixture of Buddhism, fashion and delicious food. Hordes of American tourists (even more than local Thais in some places), food in every street and every corner, people praying in the streets and temples, and a hot and humid weather.

As my flight from Mumbai was cancelled I arrived today at 5am, and after some small difficulties to get trough migration control, I arrived to the hotel to have some sleep.

At noon, was lost for some time trying to get the metro and the ship that would take me to the Wat Pho temple which holds the 46m reclining Buddha.

Finally I found my way, and after the Buddha I went across the street to one of the main attractions in the city, The Grand Palace.

Beautiful and perfectly maintained palace, which includes the monastery of the emerald Buddha.

Namaste India

An amazing and unknown country that exceeds all expectations. I came to India looking for a different points of view. I wanted to try to understand how people in the “same world” live different lives, with different priorities, interests and common sense, and one of the best places was in the continent where humanity was born. It all began here. A country full of resources, history, marvels, good people, a recurrent terrorist threat, cows, spices, beaches, mountains, rivers, deserts, food, hunger, gods, temples, garbage, ceremonies, elephants, karma, cultures, languages, entrepreneurs, monkeys, rickshaws, and many more. Not only was able to get to know a little of the Hinduism mentality, but understood why Indian people say they are rich (although hunger exists). For western countries India is a poor country, but we need lenses to see how really wealthy Indians are. India was a surprise, a great surprise. Resourceful, hard workers and creative people, Indians are creating growth to western eyes while maintaining their beautiful culture, something other countries haven’t been able to do. I bow with respect to India and its people, and for sure, if I have the opportunity, will be back. A month is not enough for India’s history, culture and land.

Arriving to sunrise ceremony Varanasi


Taj Mahal


Carved caves in Aurangabad