After a week with interesting lectures, company visit and networking meeting at the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce the weekend gave us the opportunity to see Bangkok from a tourist perspective rather than a business perspective (although shopping was at the top of the list with some students……). Starting Friday night the Thai students attending the course took the Danish students to a tour of the nightlife of Bangkok (and repeated that Saturday night….). Saturday, Bangkoks most famous
tourist attraction, Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace, was visited. The complex is the spiritual core of Thai Buddism and the monarchy and the beauty is overwhelming. Most impressive, maybe, is the Temple of the Emerald Buddha with all its gleam and glitter and not to forget the the most holy image of the temple being the “talisman” of the Thai Kingdom. But just walking through the numerous temples, images and courtyards is an adventure never to be forgotten. The pictures in this post only barely reflect the beauty of the complex.
The best way to experience Bangkok might be from the riverside and of special interest to the Danes interested in business is the former head office of the East Asiatic Company (ØK). 
Saturday Night was devoted to a visit to the Sky Bar. A bar on the 64 floor of a Skyscraper with a magnificant view of Bangkok from the above and prices at the bar that more or less reflects the altitude of the building!
Sunday the group was split according to interests – sleeping (after a long night in town), shopping, sightseeing etc. but also work on the upcoming group project and presentations.
The weekend gave us a well-deserved break from the full programme at the university and we are now looking forward to the final week of the course with company visit to Grundfos, lectures, group work and presentations before heading back to Copenhagen.
