Saturday, June 16, 2007

Weekend Geography Quiz

What royal capital city is this?

You'll definitely want to spend more than "one night" in this fascinating tropical city of 8,000,000. The city is famous for its "golden temples" and enchanting cultural sites such as the Grand Palace:

There are many canals in this city and a main river that is used for transportation, including the many water taxis:


The Skytrain is a comfortable, convenient, and scenic way to get around the metropolis:


This is one of my favorite cities in the world, and it really grows on you the longer you stay here. What is the name of this intriguing city?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

i will say bangcok but you probably would turn my comment into something ugly as usual.

Anonymous said...

I concur... Bangkok!

Gabe said...

You're both right: It's Bangkok, the City of Angels and the Big Mango.

I lived here for about a year. What a fun and interesting city! Every weekend would do something cultural in the city or just take the skytrain to Sathorn pier and catch the water taxi on the Chao Praya River for a scenic ride up river.