Bangkok Biz Trip 2017 - Part 2

The 2nd part of the entry will be about my visit to Wat Pho which is about 40 minutes away from Pullman G.

Wat Pho is a sprawling temple complex.  This temple is where the Reclining Buddha is located.  There's an entrance fee of 100 Baht which includes a free bottle of drinking water.  There's also a guided tour option which I strongly recommend if you're visiting Wat Pho for the first time.  

I spent a good 90 minutes or so in Wat Pho just going around, taking photos, admiring the stupas and Buddhist statues.  

The Giant Reclining Buddha statue in Wat Pho

From another angle

To make merit is an important concept in Buddhism, not just for good Karma but also to spread joy to others

That's the exit... I think... I can't remember.....

Outside the building that houses the Reclining Buddha

Towering Stupas

A wide angle look of the stupa

Smaller stupas all around in Wat Pho

Chinese influenced statues all around too

More of Wat Pho

Some areas were closed for restoration work so I won't be surprised to see something new the next time I visit Wat Pho.   

After I've finished praying and explored Wat Pho, next stop is the Erawan shrine in Ratchaprasong. This shrine has seen some violent past when a mentally ill person damaged the Erawan statue and also survived a bombing.  But loyal devotees never stopped coming.  I've been coming to pray at this shrine annually every time I visit Bangkok, this time should be no different.  

The crowd never stopped coming

from another angle

The statue of the revered Four Faced Buddha

Once I'm done praying and exploring Siam Paragon I returned to the hotel to rest.  

In late afternoon I went out again, but just to nearby Silom Complex in Sala Daeng.  I took the BTS instead of walking.  

Sala Daeng BTS Station

After dinner and getting some snacks in the supermarket, I returned to the hotel again to put my stuffs down then I went out again to Central World, but there was not much to see as there was a major renovation going on.  

On Sunday, I set off to Ratchaprasong again to pray at Erawan shrine again.  After I finished praying I walked to Siam Paragon to get some shots of the BTS rail tracks.

BTS tracks on top going to Siam Paragon

This like a skywalk from Siam to Ratchaprasong, usually very crowded, which is why I'm quite happy to get this shot

I also wanted to visit the Line Village in Siam Square One and here's a cute shot of the characters. 

Line cuteness

By noon I returned to the hotel again, checked the training materials and went through them one more time just to be sure.  Then I went down to the training room to make sure that no one had touched or moved any of the training materials.  

Everything looks ready and set to go

Then in the evening I went to Silom Complex again to get some Hello Kitty stuffs for my daughter. 

Hello Kitty for Lindsay

And by the time I returned to the hotel, the weekend is finally over.  

The training took place from Monday to Thursday and nothing exciting happened as I just ended the day preparing for the following day and checking work e-mails.  

Before I left we took this group photo of the e-commerce team.  

We're the ONE-Line e-commerce dream team

I couldn't wait to go home on Thursday, I was really looking forward to it as I missed the kids very much.  

While going to the boarding gate I snapped some photos of the airport.  

There's no way you can miss this after you cleared the immigration

That's a long way to the gate...

Just go all the way down to the boarding gate

And that's the plane taking me home.  

Can't wait to board the plane and get home

I reached Singapore at 10 pm and got home slightly after half an hour later.  It's nice to be back home. 

Here's a closing shot for this entry: 

Buddha statues in Wat Pho

~ Photos taken with Fujifilm X-A10 + XF14mmF2.8R WR~