Public transit in Bangkok is strange. There is a subway line, the MRT, and there are two skytrain lines, the BRT. The two BRT lines connect at one point. The MRT doesn't actually connect to the BRT. There are two or three points where they have stations a block or two apart, and those are considered connections. You have to exit one system, walk down the street and enter the other. Both use separate ticketing systems and even separate ticketing machines. The MRT takes bills, and gives you a sort of coin to enter, the BRT tiicket machine is coins only and you receive a plastic ticket. Not super convenient, but I've mostly figured it out.
Started the day by taking the MRT to one of the BRT change points, which is conveniently located right by Lumpini Park, a massive park named after the birthplace of Buddha in Nepal.
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| Lots of people working to keep the park clean |
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| Pretty flowers |
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| They were doing tai chi until I tried to take a picture |
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| Surrounded by skyscrapers |
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| Swan boats! |
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| Statue outside the park gates |
After exploring the park, I wandered around the Silom neighborhood for a bit, eventually going to the BRT station to catch the skytrain.
The train brought me to the central pier, where I caught a river boat towards my destination of Wat Arun.
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| Scenes from the river |
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| Longboat (not what I was on) |
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| There it is |
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| I'm on a boat! |
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| Wat Arun |
The boat lets you off on the other side of the river, so one must take a 3 Baht shuttle to the other side. This particular dock had a number of food stands and souvenir shops, so I stopped for a snack.
Next...Wat Arun!
The sky train is so efficient, right? And people line up for it?!
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