Train ride from Ayuttaya. The ride took us past many rice patties until we got into the outskirts of Bangkok. Then it was just one shack after another along the tracks. Corrugated tin piled and propped in all directions... people just eking out a life.... People cooking everywhere, doing their dishes anywhere...it appears that anyone can dump anything along the road. When you get right downtown in Bangkok it's all commercial buildings but you don't go far to see a different kind of life. Because it is so hot here, people are all outside. Our hotel is near the "backpacker" area (Khao San) and it is like Bourbon Street in New Orleans.... Vendors, restaurants, massage parlors, .....totally crowded streets at night.
Waiting in the train station
The line up sawngthaews ( pronounced song taw) waiting to take passengers where ever they need to go. Bench seats facing each other on the back of a small pick up truck)
A line up of little booths selling most anything are everywhere lining almost every street everywhere....everyone eeking out a living.
Back in Bangkok for some last minute shopping, a last few delicious meals and some R and R before the long flight home.
A final splurge on a top floor room with a balcony overlooking the river... Ahh what $95 can buy.
Thank you Richard and Heather for sharing this adventure and showing us the way around some od Southeast Asia. We had a great time!
