Missed out on part two? Fret not. Here it is.
Ok, for a change, this part is going to be more of a photo journey with a two line description of each photo. Where I think necessary, I shall give a detailed write up. So bear with my unconventional form of writing a travelogue.
Bike taxis are another important aspect of Bangkok, and pretty much of Thailand. Bangkok literally lives on bike taxis. The picture above is also one of that, only we took a triples ride. That moment, I felt so damn proud of being Indian.
Ok, for a change, this part is going to be more of a photo journey with a two line description of each photo. Where I think necessary, I shall give a detailed write up. So bear with my unconventional form of writing a travelogue.
A photo of the current king of Thailand
This building served as a prison during the medieval times
Something similar to our Arasa Maram concept
Namesake meditation
So, the photo journey done for now, let me just write a bit about the experience of roaming around the Bangkok streets.
Only the tourist Bangkok seems nice, looks good. The real Bangkok is dirty, filthy and highly poor. And it reminded me a lot of Bangalore, for some reason (no offense of any sort to Bangaloreans). Somewhat highly unplanned, the city is. Traffic, pollution, honking - well you get the picture right? Having lived in Singapore for around six months, it was quite startling to actually see beggars on the streets. The bad old Indian story comes flooding back. Sadly.
Cutouts and banners of the Royal Family adorn every bit of Bangkok. And people respect the King so much. If you come across a banner and point out at it, the Thai people consider that disrespectful. To them, the King is everything.
So, starting out at around 10 AM on day 1
of the trip, we covered pretty much a lot of Bangkok. We decided not to
go into the Grand Palace, because of a sudden plan to visit Pattaya and
we needed money for that. Consoling ourselves that we would visit
Bangkok again once we start earning, we proceeded on. So, this walking
journey of Bangkok ended around 7 in the evening and we returned to our
room, to get ready for the next big thing, rather the most important thing - Cowboy Street - the strip club capital of Bangkok.
Now, considering the variety of audience and respecting all the womenfolk out there, I shall not get into the specifics of this leg of the journey. But, would gladly share experiences offline.
Next post - Pattaya
Incidentally, looking at the pictures, I also thought of India. You say Bangalore and I say India at large. Hey, even Goa has a lot of taxi bikes!
ReplyDeleteMy friend lives there, settled there, I mean. I would like to visit sometime. Hopefully, this year God-willing.
Best wishes for more lovely trips. Are the series over yet?
Joy always,
Susan
No Susan, perhaps one more :)
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