Bangkok, at long last.
There is a point during a trip such as this, that the idea of arriving at a final destination simply becomes unfathomable. Much like the idea that at some point there was a beginning. But after a loooong bus ride, where suddenly a little over an hour into a 4 hour journey, the air conditioning cut out, leaving only hot air blowing from the ventilators - though the karaoke video still played endlessly and annoyingly.
I really wonder if anyone can actually stand the karaoke crap they insist on playing on so many long-distance buses...
From that point the bus became a slowly heating oven, albeit one that honked at every car that it passed. Crazy driver.
But here we are, and it feels good. We are certainly in the traveller part of town, the surroundings plainly reveal, but it is authentic in its way all the same.
One of the first things we did was take a bus boat along the highly polluted canal, which gave us a good feel for the city and its size - as well as revealing just why the canal was so disgusting. No wonder there are plastic sheets that are pulled up each time the boat moves away from a stop - nobody wants to be touched by that water.
I wish I had time to say more, and show more, but I just don't!
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