Friday, October 22, 2010

Oct 23...can't seem to leave Bangkok

....although I'm sitting in the departure lounge...Thai Silk, no less...on the way to Saigon in an hour, laptopping.                           Bibi and I went on a canal tour yesterday




and saw an entirely different side of Bangkok. Called "the Venice of the East",



the canals are the roadways of a large part of the city....





all life happens along the side....laundry, washing, eating, praying, fishing and just plain hanging out...although Bangkok is not filled with hordes of unemployed.




We saw a water iguana...this friend is at least 5 feet long...


banana plants, water lilies, houses on stilts

that don't look strong enough to support the houses, large estates, colourful temples...it\'s all there.










In the evening Bibi and I had a typical Thai massage which we are still recuperating from...to give you our impressions of this, I leave you with the image of the second most popular sculpture in Bangkok, after Buddha of course:

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