A few blocks from American and many other embassies. Also a few blocks from some very hopping nightlife, and a few from relative squalor. Grimy food carts and street markets with 2 year olds asleep on the ground by their parents' trinket stands.
Welcome to Bangkok - the 5 star hotels live amongst everything, and you just need to take it all in.
The smells in 90+ degree heat are impossible not to take in, but the city is nonetheless great.
Not too shabby!
ReplyDeleteThis is probably a love it or hate it kind of city. It's huge. Like 16M+ people. It's dense, crowded, smelly, but we love it. I used to travel here on business a lot so having the chance to see it in a different light is really great. John and I were here for about 3 weeks as tourists 5 years ago when I really hadn't seen anything but office buildings and cabs. We enjoyed it so much we returned (which is pretty unusual for us!)
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