Bangkok 1 Photos

View from the top of the Golden Mountain, a towering temple with stairs spiraling up to the top.



Background: new Bangkok. Foreground: old Bangkok and the canal. When the Europeans first arrived in Bangkok, residents called themselves "People of the Water" because they used the river and canals for transportation. We've been mostly hanging around old Bangkok.

Guy was pushing his cart through chaos traffic while at the same time grilling the chicken.

A beautiful moment of uncorrupted delight. Or something.

Khao San Road, where the hippies and street hustlers rule. A lot of travelers spend most of their time here and come to the conclusion that Bangkok sucks.

A street market. Sometimes I assume that things are food only because I know that's what to expect. They sell sticky green balls and smooth blue spirals. Fruit cut in intricate shapes, millions of sausages. Every part of an animal, basically, gets sold.

Thais cook bananas in lots of ways. Our favorite so far is banana roti -- banana pancakes!

Democracy monument. Motorcycles are really common because they can weave through traffic like squirrel scampering among stampeding wildebeast.

These monks were trying to fish one of their sandals out of the water with this net-stick.

You gotta be careful when you talk about the king. Best not to say anything about this one.

Buddhas sleeping outside the monastery.

Foreign people are so colorful!