A Year With No Fork: Thailand (part 2)

Our first destination on the river was the Grand Palace / Temple of the Emerald Buddha area located about 2 or 3 miles up the river. The shorelines are littered with shantytowns, open air markets, temples, high-end hotels, and abandoned lots. ... For our second full day in Thailand I had made arrangements for a trip out of Bangkok to a place called Pattaya. I had read about a zip line course called "Flight of the Gibbon," and it sounded like too much fun to pass up. ...