On the way home from our relaxing honeymoon, we decided to forego spending an 8 hour layover in the Bangkok airport and instead ventured into the abyss of the city. And what a bizarre, crazy place cluttered with rickshaws, stray dogs, beautiful temples, orange-clad barefooted monks, amazing shopping, street vendors and scary street food. Luckily, we had two excellent navigators....my high school friend Pat and his wife Tara, who are temporarily living and working in the city who helped us explore the chaotic city on a little bit of time. 
The size of the city is unbelievable and it took us about 40 minutes to get to the old side of the city with all of the temples. Thus, the six hours in Bangkok. As it was already 4pm we unfortunately were unable to tour any of the historic sites so we hopped on a local water bus. Public transportation safety is not a consideration as you literally hop on the back of the moving boat as it passes. Note Lou is preparing to jump in the photo below.
The size of the city is unbelievable and it took us about 40 minutes to get to the old side of the city with all of the temples. Thus, the six hours in Bangkok. As it was already 4pm we unfortunately were unable to tour any of the historic sites so we hopped on a local water bus. Public transportation safety is not a consideration as you literally hop on the back of the moving boat as it passes. Note Lou is preparing to jump in the photo below. 
We had dinner sitting on the deck of a nice (clean) restaurant that overlooked the famous Arun Wat temple. 
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