Thursday, February 7, 2013

Bangkok

30 January - 7 February 2013

I love this city.  So easy it's hard to believe it's in Asia.

I'm so happy with my new phone.  The tethering works great here.  And Google Maps' walking directions and bus directions get me around the city easily.

Many of the buses are air-conditioned, clean and uncrowded.  There's a conductor on the bus so the driver is undistracted.  Some of the buses were not air conditioned; they were free.

The largest shopping centers I've every seen.  Very clean and luxurious.  Saw the movie Les Miserables with Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in one.  Down below, out on the streets, the sidewalks are clogged with vendors.

The food from the street vendors is outstanding.

I did one tourist attraction, the Grand Palace, and I think this is the first time I've been moved to tears by architecture.

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