Inner Journey

  The Thai restaurant “Have a Jeed “was our favorite place during our stay. Both me and Leo enjoyed the same dish, minced hot stir-fried pork rice. Of course we have Korean style stir-fried pork rice back in Korea, but it is very different. Although both pork based dishes are spicy, the former has more strong scent with many spice and aromatic ingredients. In my opinion Thai cuisines are more popular in the West than Korean food. So far, Thailand is the most preferred Asian destination for foreigners, and the Thai government is promoting Thai cuisine to Westerners (including opening a cooking class and linking Thai cuisine tourism programs), so the image of Thai cuisine in the West is very good. In fact, Thai cuisine is often discussed as a benchmark and reference target example in the context of Korean food globalization. It also suits the taste of Koreans who like spicy food including me. As I mentioned, Thai food's spicy taste is different from that of Korea. It has a unique c...

  This was the first overseas trip in four years since the COVID19 had been preventing us from visiting foreign destinations. On the last day in Thailand, we visited the temple of golden buddha via BTS, which has nothing to do with the band BTS but is subway system in Bangkok. The Sukhothai Traimit Golden buddha was made of pure gold. The sculpture measures 12 feet 5 inches in diameter and has a height of 15 feet 9 inches from the base to the crown. It weights approximately 5.5 tons. Monks at the temple said that the statue has a price value exceed 28 million pounds and 700 years old till this year. This statue was originally placed in the different temple, but in 1931, was moved to the current place. Like many visitors alike did, Leo also prayed for health and good luck. During our stay, we also visited Wat Pho temple complex, which was oldest temple in Bangkok (16 C). It is the most famous place in W. The reclining Buddha statue is the largest in Thailand and boasts a length of 4...