21&22 Dec

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The past two days were better. Yesterday, I basically walked through the whole Banglamphu and Ratchadamnoen areas and later asked a taxi driver to take me where there's no "falang". He took me to the other side of the river and I could feel by the way the locals looked at me, that there's not a lot of tourists there. After my walk I asked the same driver to take me where he usually eats and it was 25 Baht for a full meal from this really old lady from a little dirty kitchen of the street. The food was really spicy but really good.

The evening I decided tp take a walk in the KhoaSarn road area again and got lost. Went to bed fairly early (11).

Today I visited a couple of Wats (temples). I asked a Tuk Tuk driver to take me there. He said 10baht and I said I would walk there. Then he said 5 and I said 1. He agreed, but I had to help him get petrol first. How it works is that he takes me to a travel agent, and I should hang around and act stupid for 10 minutes and then the travel agent will give him petrol money. So I did it and the guy was really glad that I played along. So he dropped me off for "flee" (free)

First I visited Wat Phra Kaew (where the King used to live) and then Wat Pho, or the sleeping Budha. See photos attached. I then walked back to Banglamphu through a really secluded Thai villiage where I also had lunch.

Tonight I'm taking a overnight bus to Chiang Mai, in the north.

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