Bangkok
BKK10 - Walking Tour in China
Town & Massage at Wat Pho ( private tour )
Daily
departure from Bangkok, but only as a private tour.
Pick
up from the hotel at 08.00 by van. We will visit Chinatown’s
largest and liveliest market, looking for neighbouring shops
selling fruit, cakes, incense and ritual burning paper for
offering at the temple. Navigating through sections where
vendors purveying ready-to-eat or preserved foodstuffs,
including cleaned chickens, duck and fish, shops selling
dry goods, especially shoes, clothing, fabric, toys and
kitchenware. We continue to Wat Pho, one of Bangkok's oldest
and largest temples. Wat Pho was built by King Rama I nearly
200 years ago and houses the gigantic gold plated reclining
Buddha. Wat Pho is also regarded as the first centre of
public education and is sometimes called ''Thailand's First
University". We will here try real Thai massage by
professional staff. After the massage we will walk down
to the Chao Phraya river to have local lunch by the river.
Back to the hotel at 15.00.