The title sums it up!
These last few days I have finally been able to take a break from studying and actually start seeing
Bangkok!
Last week it was Chinese New Year! We were told Thursday was the actual New Year although I have a feeling it is really a few days long as no one seemed to know the exact day...
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| Gate in China Town. |
In order to celebrate we decided this would be a good time to visit China town! The streets were PACKED! you could barely move! The streets were covered in decorations, there were food stands everywhere and even a stage with Chinese dancing!
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| Me and some of the other Engineering exchange students in front of the temple. |
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| All decorated for Chinese New Year! So many people! |
As we were leaving we got to a street that was closed off and police were lining it all up and down... we thought we had found a parade... turns out the street was closed for the Princess and everyone was waiting to see her! We waited along with everyone else excited to see the Princess parade down the street... only to discover that this was a trivial closure and she was just having dinner at a restaurant.. she did drive by in a 10-15 car motorcade that drove by so quickly you could barely get a glimpse in the windows! A little anticlimactic I have sadly say...
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| Our night time celebration for Chinese New Year :) |
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| Me with a bunch of the other exchange students |
Saturday was the Chulalongkorn rival soccer game! It is the biggest game of the year against their rival school Tamasat and is always played at Chula.
They really go all out for the game! Not only do they have a marching band and cheer leaders (Thai version of cheer leaders that is) but they have stands with people making out phrases and pictures to mock and banter with the other team who does the same!
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| Amber and I with Amber's volleyball friend Eye at the game. |
I am happy to say Chula won 3-1!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Thammasat (Chula's rivals) signs... people holding paper to make the picture. |
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| Click on me to see the pretty picture :) |
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| Thammasat's statement after they scored their first and only goal. |
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| Chula's response after they scored a goal. |
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| Thammasat's Cheerleaders |
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| Chula's Cheerleaders |
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It says "CU Wins"
Chulalongkorn University won 3-1!!! |
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| Amber, Eye (amber's vball thai friend), Marvin (another exchange student) and me at the game. |
Today we went touring around the city. We finally became real tourists! Although we are lucky to be Chula students as our Chula ID cards got us in for free!!!
We spent the day in the Rattanakosin district. We visited the a few temples, Wat Pho with the reclining Buddha, the Royal Palace with the Emerald Buddha, and the Royal Barge Museum.
Very ornate! I felt like I was walking in the country side surrounded by mountains but instead of mountains there were temples surrounding me!
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| The Reclining Buddha |
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| Amber and I inside one of the temples making sure our feet do not point towards the Buddha |
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| Amber, Sam, Issac and I outside the Grand Palace. |
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| Amber, Issac and Sam waiting for the water taxi |
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