Bangkok & Pattaya Trip - Day 2

Early in the morning on 24th June 2007, we ate breakfast in the hotel. Then we met with our tour guide and departed to Pattaya. Since we did not join the tour before we came to Bangkok but ask the travel agent arranged a tour guide and schedule for us, so we joined with other tourists who also did not joined the tour but go to same journey - Pattaya.


The first stop was visit Thailand main river - Chaopraya River. We went around the river by tourists' boat.

These were the houses built beside the river or on the river. So, the tour guide told us a joke, he said if someone told you that he has a house with a big swimming pool in front of his house, has his own jetty and speedboat. This will be what he meant.


On the river trip, we stopped at Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn), which consists of a massive elongated prang, and is surrounded by four smaller prangs. All the prangs full with stone carvings.The Wat looked very beautiful from a distance.

When we reach one place of the river, there were two boats which selling souvenirs came to our boat to sell some souvenirs. There is other famous floating market at Bangkok - Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, but we did not went there due to our tight schedule. So, I bought the river main symbol - a girl selling fruits on a boat as a souvenir.


Chaopraya River Souvenir = 100 baht


This was a boat which they used to pull a very huge boat's containers full with cement. The tail of the boat looked like it going to sink anytime, just like in Godzilla movie when Godzilla pulled the fishing nets into the sea from two fishing boats.


After Chaopraya River, we continued our journey heading to Pattaya. After an hour journey, we stopped at Sriracha Tiger Zoo, which was famous with tiger feeding the piglets and pig mother feeding the tiger cubs along with the piglets, crocodile show, tiger show, pig racing etc. When we reached the entrance, the sky started to rain.


The tigers were resting after eating their lunch.


At the tiger show, I was very impressed with the tiger trainers because the tigers were bigger than him and her and were fierce animal. They have to know the tigers' behaviour before do the show with them. I also very scared that the tigers get angry and attack their trainer. Luckily, from the beginning to the end of the show, all the tigers were very obedient.

Later on we continue our journey to Pattaya. Too bad my camera's battery finish and I did not have backup battery. So, I did not took photos of night life at Pattaya on the first day.