Thonburi, Bangkok
So I left the hotel at about 10 this morning. Most museums & sites were still closed: the Grand Palace, the national museum, the emerald Buddha – all closed. Seemed like a good idea to head to the river and look for a river tour. So I took the Metro to Saphan Taksin trying to figure out the complicated boat system. It turns out that the water was too high to take one of the Long Boat Tours that would go into the canals. It certainly looked very high. I don’t know what Bangkok will do with sea level rise. Anyway I wound up taking the orange boat line up the river. I wasn’t sure where I was going to get off but then I saw the striking towers of Wat Arun and decided to disembark there. Before before touring the temple I decided to take a stroll around the neighborhood which was on the other side of the river in the Thonburi section. Old Bangkok It was a revelation; a surprising step into old Bangkok. I walked up one of the Khlong (canals). It was quiet and overgrown with plants and trees. All you could hear were birds chattering … Continue reading →