Storizen Magazin July 2018 issue Storizen Magazine July 2018 Issue | Page 30

STORIZEN TRAVEL
The high-points of
Bangkok for me
were the dinner
cruise of the River
Chao Phraya with
live music (including
Bollywood songs)
and seeing the lit up
palace, temples and
monuments lining
the river; eating
Phad Thai and
authentic Thai
green curry; an
unforgettable and
super cheap tuk-tuk
(auto) tour of our
hotel
neighbourhood with
stopovers at three
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“gem palaces”;
visiting the temple
of the “Emerald”
Buddha; shopping
at the night market;
the friendly and
informative local
guides; bargain
hunting in the
shopping
complexes (We
even came upon an
exhibition with a
bright red Ferrari!);
and wandering
around the Palace
grounds reliving
scenes from The
King and I and Anna
and the King of
Siam. While we
didn’t buy any real
precious stones we
bought lots of really
trendy artificial
jewellery.
My mother is a
vegetarian so in most
places we had to make
it known and ensure
that fish/prawn/seafood
paste was not added to
flavour “vegetarian”
dishes. But the pre-
packaged Phad Thai
(flat ribbon noodles and
vegetables) in the
street stalls and
markets was proper
vegetarian and a boon
to my mum!
JULY 2018