09:00 AM Our guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel. Walk to the nearest skytrain station and travel to the Chao Phraya River. Embark on a public taxi boat and travel to Bangkok's vibrant Chinatown district, which runs along Yaowarat Road. The street is lined with gold shops, Chinese herbalists, food stalls selling a large variety of snacks, household goods, incense and just about everything else. We will visit Sri Gurusingh Sabha Temple, where local Sikhs come to worship and then continue on foot through Sampang Lane, a labyrinth of small alleys. Here you will find a large variety of stalls and shops selling cheap clothing and household goods. Explore Pahurat Market, located more or less in the heart of “Little India”. This is the place to shop for fabrics, clothing and wedding keepsakes. In Thailand, it is customary, that guests invited to a wedding reception receive some small memento of the occasion. Along Pahurat road will see numerous shops sell them by the dozens in hundreds of varieties. Having walked along these truly bustling districts, take a short rest at one of the numerous food stalls along the footpath and taste one of the local dishes (noodle soup or phad thai or fried rice). By Tuk Tuk (the local version of a motorized samlor) we continue to Bangkok’s oldest temple (founded in the 17th century), Wat Pho with its Reclining Buddha. King Rama III turned this temple into a center of learning, making it in essence Thailand's first university. After a guided visit, we will walk down to the River and take a taxi boat back to Taksin Bridge and return to the hotel by Sky-train. Note: After the guided visit of Wat Pho, guests may also choose to continue exploring the sights along the Chao Phraya River on their own (our guide will say good-bye to them after the tour of Wat Pho).
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