Our full-day tour of the city began on our second day in Bangkok. I’ve come to realize how shops open quite late there and it’s a no surprise that you’d see how vehicles are still scarce on the streets even when it’s already 8 am. The booming tourism industry in Bangkok doesn’t seem to have changed the city and its people at least linguistically. As the only nation in South East Asia that has never been colonized by any Western…
So… I visited Bangkok a couple of weeks ago despite all the warnings against traveling to the flood-stricken region. I actually bought my ticket to Bangkok as part of my ambitious mission to do both Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon and Angkor Wat Half-Marathon (blogged about it here) back-to-back with only one week gap in between. Either I messed with the date or the date messed with me, the date for Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon seemed to have been brought forward…
Before I go further, let be warned that if you’re under 18, please back out. Some of the materials used in this entry might not be suitable for your age. Now, you know YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. I first heard about Bangla Road in Patong from a Siamese housemate of mine when I was still working as a site engineer in Kota Kinabalu back in 2004. He was so excited talking about it as if being at Bangla Road is…