Our tuk-tuk drivers on a Bangkok by Night: Food, Temples, and Markets by Tuk-Tuk. I met the tour at a Skytrain station, which involved my taking of the hotel boat to one Skytrain station, taking the train one station, and then transferring to another line.

"Keep smiling and enjoy my tuk-tuk."

Off we go! There were eight on our tour: four from Denmark and four, including me, from the U.S.

First stop, an "everything for sale" market.

With a Dunkin Donuts.

Food being prepared.

Food cart vendors.

And our food: sausage on a stick. Very tasty.

You can get a tattoo at the market.

Or "join donation for Buddha's enlightment."

You can buy a Frozen dress with Elsa and Anna's pictures on it.

An older woman taking a break at the market.

Snacks. Our tour guide bought some for us.

The market's spirit house.

Off we go again!

My tuk-tuk driver.

We stopped here to view the Chao Phraya lit up at night.

A boat is passing by.

Our tour guide.

We were given our snack to eat. Crunchy with nuts and delicious.

Our next stop was at the beautifually lit up Phra Borommathat Maha Chedi (a chedi is also called a stupa), which contains a relic of Buddha brought from Sri Lanka.

Another view of the chedi.

A lit-up gate.

Another part of the temple complex.

Our next stop via tuk-tuk: the Bangkok Light of Happiness with 5 million light bulbs, an illumination of joy for the coming year. It ran from December 30 to January 31.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

At the end of the tunnel, a portrait of the King of Thailand.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

Light of Happiness display.

This is the first remote-controlled live chicken that I have ever seen. The man brings his chicken here to entertain people. He does not ask for money to do so.

He brings his chicken and also his dog here on his motorcycle.

His chicken on his motorcycle.

His dog wearing a helmet and google eyes.

Across the street from the light display is a Giant Swing. It is a religious structure formerly used in an old Brahmin ceremony. It was damaged in 1784 by lightening and renovated in 1920. In the ceremony, Brahmins swung on the swing trying to grab coins placed on one of the pillars. The ceremony was cancelled permementally in 1935 when too many swingers fell to their deaths.

Back on the tuk-tuk: Buddha statue on the street.

More Buddha statues.

Our next stop: walking to the Thip Samai restaurant, with the "best pad Thai in Bangkok."

The food is cooked outside on the street.

The pad Thai ready to be coated with an egg mixture.

Being coated in a pan over an open fire.

The end result.

Opened up. I didn't care for it but some of my tour mates did.

Accompaniments to share.

The restaurant squeezed its own "orange juice." It was delicious. Our tour guide told us that the reason that orange juice is so good in Thailand is that it is actually tangerine juice.

Back on the tuk-tuk, passing the Democracy Monument which commemorates the Siamese Revolution of 1932, which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in Thailand.

Passing the Royal Palace.

More of the Royal Palace.

Our next stop: Wat Pho, with 91 small chedis and four great chedis.

Wat Pho.

Wat Pho.

Wat Pho.

Wat Pho.

Detail. The ceramics are from plates, etc., that were broken on ships that came into port.

Wat Pho.

Wat Pho.

Detail.

On top of a gate.

Wat Pho has more than 1,000 Buddha images, more than anywhere else in Thailand.

Buddha images. Wat Pho is also the home of the Reclining Buddha, which we did not see on this tour. It is also the birthplace of the Thai massage, which is still taught here.

Our next stop: first a walk through an outside food market.

Then into the Pak Khlong Talat wholesale and retail flower market.

The flower market.

Yellow marigolds to hang on religious structures.

More things to hang.

And more.

Pretty flowers.

An interesting flower arrangement on the right.

There were more flowers vendors on the street.

Not clear how you would walk through the flowers to post a letter.

Our tuk-tuks were all lined up to take us to our next stop.

We have arrived at this restaurant in Chinatown.

Inside of the restaurants: some of my tourmates.

Here we had sticky rice and mangos. Very good! This was the end of the tour. We had an option of having our tuk-tuk driver take us back to our hotel. I did this.