It's 2 roads back from the main backpacker area so quieter and leafier, but still the same stuff. We rode the Chao Phraya river from near our hotel about 30 minutes to reach this area. Reason backpackers stay here: cheap, clean, safe. Get the theme here? Close to many temples, markets and historic sites. Lots of westerners roaming around so easy to make friends as well.
The look on John's face above indicates that he suspected his mojito was made with water from the kinda dirty Chao Phraya river since it was so dark and muddy looking. On the contrary, it was one of the better ones the whole trip. And he usually does go in search of a decent mojito in each hot city. The Thai know lots about lime and mint, so finally -- bingo!
I googled Chao Phraya and found many very beautiful pictures of this exotic location. How did you travel from your hotel to this location? Train, water taxi?
ReplyDeleteWe took the BTS (like Metro) to the river, then grabbed a boat that took us up the river. They have express boats but we took the local that makes about 7-8 stops at the most famous areas. The river itself is a bit muddy looking and not exactly clean. They have these amazing machines that look just like street sweepers you'd see in a US city that pick the junk and trash out of the river. But it's a never ending challenge. Bangkok has a metro population of nearly 14 million people. And most of them live right in the city.
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