Intro to BANGKOK’S Temples & Night Markets | Thailand Travel Vlog

Intro to BANGKOK’S Temples & Night Markets | Thailand Travel Vlog

Thank you Right now we’re on our way to  a beautiful little area that we’ve passed by a   lot during our time here so far and it’s called  The Royal Pavilion we don’t really know what it   consists of yet but we’ve been wanting to check  it out so we figured we’d show you that first So pretty much every day we’ve  walked along this path right back here   but we always walk past this super amazing um Courtyard area it just looks so crazy and so   we actually finally get to explore today  which we’re both really excited for The crazy thing about visiting  Bangkok is like this looks so amazing but if you   look on Google Maps there are just scattered  all throughout the city probably like I don’t   know 20 or 30 different monuments or temples or  different things like this it’s just insane how  

Much of this stuff there is here oh I think  so many more than 20 or 30 well there’s at   least 20 or 30 big ones and probably quite a  few more it’s I think I think I think we’re  

Going to have no shortage of things to do here  we didn’t see much about this place online so   we were hoping there’d be some plaques around  here to inform us but we’re not really seeing   anything but a bunch of Tuk Tuks just showed up  and a tour bus so we know there’s information  

On it somewhere unless all the all these people  just think it is really pretty and don’t care about   the history which is definitely a possibility  I guess but I think we’re missing something somewhere We haven’t even  gone inside anything yet and this   place is already amazing this place  is huge we haven’t been in any   temples yet so I have nothing to compare  to but this is huge and gorgeous and it  

Looks like there’s so much that you can  go inside of like we could be here for a while In our travels the majority of what we’ve  seen have been like Christian uh Cathedrals   and churches and then some mosques here and  there but this is so cool there’s so much   more use of gold in this like there was quite a  bit in some of the cathedrals but like the huge  

Huge gold figures and then just the artwork on  the walls is so so different one of my favorite   things in it was there were there was this  one um painting on the back wall that there  

Was like a stair did you see the ladder like the  the ladder going up to the temple in the sky   I thought that was really cool I thought that  that was something oh is that what it was yeah I think  

It was a temple in the sky oh well you didn’t  tell me that you just pointed to a ladder I didn’t   realize that no no no no no I’m talking about  the painting oh oh okay there’s also a ladder  

In there there’s a physical ladder in the back  that goes up to the to the ceiling yeah and I   I don’t know if it goes anywhere but that’s what  I thought he meant there is also a really cool piece  

Of artwork yeah there’s cool artwork all around  but now I think we’re going to try and go into   golden roof Place yeah we saw people climbing  on top it looks like a huge building there  

May be a lot of stuff in there yeah there’s  five floors five yeah apparently going to be a while We made it to the library This one’s my favorite This Temple has 37 of these points  and they’re meant to represent the 37 Dhammas   of Buddhism or like the 37 principles and monks  come here to I think practice um those 37 Dhammas I   don’t exactly know what they are I would imagine  that they are very much related to a lot of the  

Principles that we saw walking around the library for this Temple it’s so surreal to be in it’s so   fascinating wow so I made it to the fifth floor  and you get to this patio on the top that just  

Gives you 360° views of Bangkok and the rest  of this whole complex which is just stunning   but this has been such a cool experience such a  perfect first start to the day I cannot believe  

How long we were in there we were in there for  so long probably over an hour going through all   those different floors so it was super quiet in  there so we didn’t talk very much so we figured  

We’ just catch you up now once we were out of  it that was not at all what I was expecting I   didn’t know what to expect going inside there  but that was so cool each floor was like had a  

Different purpose the first one was an exhibition  so more just like kind of a mini Museum giving   some history and so we walked around there for  a while then went to the second floor which was   the library area right and then Marshall really  enjoyed the floor after that was that the one oh  

No no no the one after that was the one after  that there was a sitting meditation floor and   a walking meditation floor and Marshall really  enjoyed the walking meditation floor that’s most   of the reason why we were there for so long he  was just walking around and doing his walking  

Meditation for like half an hour it may have  been that long yeah I it really was it it was   in a grid and you’re just supposed to walk  around in random paths um while thinking and   I really enjoyed it that was very relaxing  yeah I um was starting to feel feel tired  

And standing so I went up and did the rest of  the floors before he was even done with that one even on very very busy intersections  here a lot of places don’t really have   stop lights with cross walk symbols  so everybody seems to just be going  

Wherever there’s room and we’re trying to  adjust to that but it’s not the easiest for us well that’s not good in a lot of the Cities we’ve been in  recently the buses stop at every bus stop um  

There’s different modes of transportation that  you have to flag down but for the most part   the buses stop no matter if they look like there’s  somebody waiting for them or not we just learned  

That bangkok is not that way we just saw our bus pull  up and just completely pass us because we didn’t   look aggressively enough like we were wanting  to get on it so flag down your buses in Bangkok hello you can sit here

These buses are super nice and easy the  person just comes over to you after you sit   down and asks you where you’re going and then takes the money so this makes it really easy   and you know that your stop isn’t going to get missed

Yeah it’s really nice  because a lot of times when you have to pay cash we   feel like clustered to get the exact change as  soon as we get on the bus you don’t have that issue here We thought this was a good opportunity to  get our first Tuk Tuk so we’re on our way   on our way to the night market  right now I think it should be about there’s lights I think it should be about a 10 minute ride

So we just got to the area of the Pattana property  market and it’s our first night market it’s our   first night market and we got dropped off  in a pretty quiet spot so we’re crossing   the road and seeing if we can get to the more  lively section yeah well it seems like there’s  

Two areas there’s one that we’re walking  to which is what I I recognize but then   there was also like a long strip down there  so I think this this whole market area could   be really big so it’s like a full market  so they have um you know uh just normal  

Goods like home goods and stuff like that but  they also have a lot of fresh produce um and   then some hot foods as well and I think  the hot foods is what we’re most excited for so there’s quite a few things on the  list that we need to try one being I think  

It’s called satay but it’s like meat skewers  and we’ve just seen them on Street vendors   everywhere and I’ve been so excited to try it but  also durian which is like the really stinky fruit   and Sabrina doesn’t want to try it but I feel like  we definitely have to cuz it’s super famous here  

It’s supposed to be people who people say that  if you get past the smell it’s supposed to be   really good and we’ve already seen it that I no not  people say it’s the best we’ve tried or you’ve  

Tried at least a Durian candy okay but that’s just  candy but it could be accurate and it wasn’t   very good yeah so much to try even though  it’s well past Sunset we are both covered   in sweat so we figured a good thing to have  while walking around is a fruit smoothie so  

I think we’re getting a mango and passion  fruit one and I’m so excited okay this is perfect how is it there’s so much going  on in there we have to step out anytime   we want to say something or else I’m  sure this whole video is going to just  

Be way too loud and sweaty yeah this is  so perfect for what this is huge it was 40 baht so that’s that’s fine like a dollar a dollar for this not bad okay good start how much for those we finally found Marshall’s  favorite that he’s been waiting for since we got  

Here so we’re getting three like Shish kebabs  of meat we don’t know what two of them are   one of them’s crab wrapped crab the other ones could be chicken or pork we asked them what their favorite was there there’re  

These two these two right here ready the  moment you’ve been waiting for this whole time I can’t tell if it’s chicken wow so she  asked if I wanted the spicy sauce and I   said yes I was assuming she just meant like  do I want spices on it okay it’s actually it  

Doesn’t last for very long it’s not  bad it was pretty spicy yeah it was   kind of spicy uh that’s really good  was so good I’m so bad with spicing isn’t that amazing that is so good it’s not that spicy

Oh making fun of my spice the one bite that  I had was not spicy I mean a little bit not bad   it it goes away really quickly I thought  or you just don’t feel it at all I don’t  

I’m sorry I don’t think it’s that spicy it  tastes almost like there’s like a marinade on   it yeah it does I’m sure there is maybe I got  wrapped crab so I was interested in how this  

Would go I don’t know what I think I’m going to  get from smelling it don’t know why I always do that tastes like crab hot crab I have no idea what it’s wrapped with I  really can’t even taste it that much I okay  

I will give it to you I do feel the spice on my  lips I don’t feel it in my throat like I thought   I would I feel it on my lips my lips are a little  a little toasty so I want to try to keep a running  

Total of everything that we try tonight cuz we’re  going to try to just get little taste of a lot of   things and so it was 40 baht for the for the  smoothie and 45 for all three of these so yeah  

15 each and they said three minimum but people  were getting a lot more than three but yeah so   we got 15 each oh gosh they’re still flopping  do you see the fish flop very fresh ingredients here so I think right now we’re both a  little hesitant to order something that  

We’re not exactly sure what it is because  a few days ago we accident well I can’t say   accidentally it was on purpose but the we got  into the situation accidentally but we had um   pig brains and intestines for lunch a few days ago  and um definitely the most adventurous meal we’ve  

Ever had we tried our best to finish it but  we did not get close we’re really scared to   uh Branch out here because we’re still trying  to settle from that event are you can you hear   me do you know what I’m saying yeah that was  not our best food experience pretty bad food  

Day overall yeah that food day was really bad  so we’re scared to have a repeat of that we   need a little bit more time to settle settle  mind settle our bodies and there’s a lot of um  

We’ve seen stalls that just have like Goose heads  and necks or duck maybe it’s duck I think ducks   ducks like the fish the little shrimp thingies  are all still crawling and flopping so super cool I  

Love this place it’s really cool but I’m scared  to to order something that isn’t what we think it is okay 20 more baht for two more meat kebab things  he he he warned us on this one that it’s spicy  

Yeah I I’m I’m worried about this one this one’s  like looks like it it looks really spicy it just   looks like it’s just like a pepper sauce but  it looks this looks this might destroy us we we have yet to  

Have anything that’s been overwhelmingly spicy  here so I I feel like we need to at some point   I feel like I don’t I I feel like that’s  because everybody knows we’re tourists yeah   no what what what we’ve decided is that they  see white people come in and they just assume  

That we can’t handle spice and and they’re  right they are right very right that wasn’t spicy is it we’re doing good maybe our spice   tolerance is better than we  think still not definitely not that’s so good that pepper sauce  it’s like a little sweet it’s kind of  

Like a teriyaki sauce almost mhm so good  it looks like just like straight pepper   jelly so I thought it was going  to be really really hot yeah yeah   still not bad delicious we’re doing  good this food day is going good so far

We thought we’d move on to some dessert so  we just picked up some pudding we’re having to   use Google Translate here more than we have in  a lot of places in Bangkok so far um but we keep  

Asking people what their favorite is when there’s  options so the man at the at the pudding counter   just gave us some kind of pudding I don’t know  if it’s just plain or what it is but it looks   like looks like pudding we think it may be rice  pudding

Can we get one 20 baht we decided these were going to   be the last things that we tried which is fitting  because as we said there our desserts but we came   out to try oh oh there definitely is stuff in  here we came out to try to find a quieter spot  

But we are still next to the road so sorry if  it’s still really loud there’s not that many   quiet spots in Bangkok no okay show show this  consistency this is weird it’s like it looks  

Like it’s just a cup of milk but then there’s  like there’s so much solid in it I don’t know   how to get like a normal bite that’s tiny the  smell smells familiar I don’t know like yeah this  

Just smells like coconut milk oh it does just  smell like coconut milk wow we’re learning our   senses both Visual and smell smell we’re  not good at figuring out what we’re eating ever so is it like coconut pudding  wow yeah is it good yeah it’s kind  

Of a lot it’s a very strong flavor but  I don’t really want to feed it too but awesome that’s so good I didn’t have high expectations for  this just because I didn’t know what it was so I  

Didn’t want to get my hopes up but this is super  good just some coconut pudding I like it it’s   almost as good as coconut ice cream which we have  yet to find so we we had it for our first lunch  

Here is so good so it’s delicious with you didn’t  like it with peanuts I loved it with peanuts it   was delicious I was was really hoping we could  find some today but we didn’t oh oh they smell  

Delicious I think I’m going to change what I was  going to say I was going to say we tried to get   we wanted some pancakes they had a pancake stall they  had some fancy ones but we had a miscommunication  

So we got just plain boring ones but these smell  delicious I think I’m going to be just fine with this oh my gosh what a great end to the  day this is delicious yeah perfect okay

Well I think this is going to be a pretty  long video so sorry if this is super long   but I think we’ve seen some really awesome  stuff tonight I’m so happy we got to our   first night market maybe we’ll go to another  one tomorrow there’s seriously just too much to do here  

In Bangkok there’s so much we still have a  week and a half left here I think and we’re   going to leave needing to come back to see so  much more but they taste like they taste like   it’s just vanilla cake batter hey it’s like  vanilla wafers that too so good but great  

Day in Bangkok back tomorrow for more thanks  for watching we’ll see you guys in the next video for editing Sabrina we paid  20 baht for the coconut milk pudding   and 20 did I say 20 milk 20 baht for  the coconut and 20 baht for the pancake

If you’ve been following our videos, you’ll notice we’re in a completely different spot! For the last few months, we were in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, but now we are (for the first time ever!!!) in Southeast Asia! And what better place to get an introduction to the region than Bangkok??

Thailand has been on our must-visit list for a long time, so it definitely felt surreal going out on this beautiful, and of course hot, day in the capital city. All throughout the city are numerous impressive temples, each different from the last, so naturally we decided to start at one. The temple we visited, Wat Ratchanatdaram Worawihan, was filled with multiple worship areas and tons of incredible architecture, including the breathtaking Loha Prasat which is where we spent most of our time. The style employed is heavy on gold which we find super fun and interesting to look at especially when glistening in the sun.

From the temple, we headed to the MBK center but skipped showing that in favor of the next stop: our very first night market! Night markets were definitely one of the things that most excited us about traveling to Thailand. Cheap, amazing food with tons of variety and all served by incredibly nice people – what’s not to love?! We ended up trying a few new items, some of which will surely make our “favorite foods of the trip” list. The market in all its chaos was the perfect place to end the day and it got us so excited to explore more!!

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00:00 intro
00:50 Royal Pavilion
02:38 our first temple!! – Wat Ratchanatdaram Worawihan
04:56 Loha Prasat
08:10 Bangkok buses and tuk tuks
10:35 our first night market!!! – Pattana Property Market