{"id":1132,"date":"2011-01-12T00:34:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T08:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2011-05-02T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:17:15","slug":"leaving-thailand-with-a-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Thailand with a Bang(kok)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve spent our last week in Thailand in the capital city of Bangkok. It is yet another busy, loud, kinda dirty Asian city. Oh I sound so jaded, don&#8217;t I? Well cities are not really my thing so I guess I am biased. There are, however, a few beautiful sights to see while in Bangkok, and the dining is great!<br \/>\nWe went on a sundown dinner cruise on a traditional Thai boat one night.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6757.jpg\" alt=\"Boat music\" title=\"Boat music\" width=\"560\" height=\"776\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6757.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6757-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe food was forgettable but the sights were beautiful.<br \/>\nThe Chao Phraya river is definitely the busiest river waterway I&#8217;ve laid eyes on. Long express boats zipping up and down, leaving you mere seconds to get on or off; larger long-distance ferry boats; cute little touristy boats to cross the river from one chi-chi hotel to the next; long, long barges barely floating under their loads; and traditional long-tail boats with their deafening motors and funny outrigger-like propellor shafts.<br \/>\nSundown view of Wat Arun, the &#8216;Temple of Dawn&#8217;. Guess we got it wrong by about 12 hours&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6764.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6764.jpg\" alt=\"Wat Arun\" title=\"Wat Arun\" width=\"560\" height=\"392\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6764.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6764-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen you live in a busy city with gridlocked traffic, a motorcycle is really the only way to get around. You have to adapt if you want to bring along your favouite furry friend:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6806.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6806.jpg\" alt=\"Friends\" title=\"Friends\" width=\"560\" height=\"719\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6806.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6806-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday we spent the afternoon at the Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace. Impressive. The Thais sure know how to dress up a building!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6830.jpg\" alt=\"Wat Phra Kaew\" title=\"Wat Phra Kaew\" width=\"560\" height=\"355\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6830.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6830-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6841.jpg\" alt=\"Puffball trees\" title=\"Puffball trees\" width=\"560\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6841.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6841-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6866.jpg\" alt=\"Towers\" title=\"Towers\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6866.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6866-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis guy was all over the place on the many murals, he is one scary dude:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6853.jpg\" alt=\"Scary diety\" title=\"Scary diety\" width=\"560\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6853.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6853-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter we left the palace grounds we walked along the street for a while. We found that even monks need DVDs!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6870.jpg\" alt=\"Monks buy DVD&#039;s too\" title=\"Monks buy DVD&#039;s too\" width=\"560\" height=\"654\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6870.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6870-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd, as a final image from Thailand, our little Madeline Lily and her sister among the much-revered water lilies&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6874.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6874.jpg\" alt=\"Lily beauties\" title=\"Lily beauties\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6874.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC_6874-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve spent our last week in Thailand in the capital city of Bangkok. It is yet another busy, loud, kinda dirty Asian city. Oh I sound so jaded, don&#8217;t I? Well cities are not really my thing so I guess I am biased. There are, however, a few beautiful sights to see while in Bangkok, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[206,214,185,190],"tags":[215,55,195,213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}