Filipino Tourists in Bangkok....

after a short picture-taking session at the balcony of our room and a breakfast room service of pancakes (for me) and american breakfast (for jon), we were off early thursday (mar 20) morning in our rented van to experience the sights and sounds of bangkok.

our first stop was Bangkok's ornately decorated Royal Palace (also known as the Grand Palace). our tour of the place was made more interesting and educational by our lovely tour guide, Ms. Cindy.

the palace sits on about 60 acres of land and holds the bulk of Thailand’s greatest treasures, including the Emerald Buddha in Thailand’s most scared temple, Wat Phra Kaew.

bangkok's weather, especially at this time of the year, is very much the same as in manila. after all that walking in the hot unforgiving sun, all of us were glad to be back inside our air-conditioned van which took us to the Siam Paragon Shopping Center where we had lunch at Fuji Japanese Restaurant. needless to say, the food was fantastic; however, cameras were not allowed inside the resto, hence we were not able to take pics of the food!!!

after lunch, we toured the Siam Ocean World Bangkok which is conveniently located at the basement of the shopping center!

the day wouldn't be complete without shopping.... and so, we went back to the Paragon's Food Hall and supermarket and did our "food" shopping.

dinner was room service at bob's apartment at the mansion.