7/des downtown and chinatown
It's my first real day in the city, waking up at 10h, not bad. I decide to go to visit the agency, placed in downtown bangkok. Bangkok it's huge, and it takes a while to reach any point. But they are extremelly cheap from 4 to 10 (with air-co.). About 10 or 20 cents. Is not always easy to say where you wanna go, because people do not speak much english, and the thai pronunciation it's really hard. So the best way, when possible, is to make someone write the place you wanna reach inn thai. Streets are quiet chaotic, and they drive cars like in england. It's noisy and polluted.
Once in the agency, that was in the 19th floor, I talk to ms. kob after waiting a little bit. I showed her my pictures and stuff, and she told me to call back on thursday, because she was suposed to talk to the boss, or someone, to see if I fit in the thai market. Of course not as a thai. She didn't look very interested anyway.
After that, first a park and then to chinatown. I was with I thai english teacher for a while, showing me the wat traimit. Wat means temple in thai. A 3 m golden buddha. Once in chnatown, extremelly crowded, full of small stand of food or anything on the 'walking way', more noise, and more poollution. But a lot of life, quiet organized if you look where is taken place. I met a couple of french girls while having lunch, noodle soup with some vegetables. I have never been good at eating with the sticks, but I'll have to improve. Even the soup is eaten with sticks, of course the solid part. An old lady, from france, stopped me a little bit allarmed because she loved my eyes. The sidewalk is losing energy at 5 o'clock, more or less, but not the the car's part. It's funny to see how they take advantage of the sidewalk. From kitchens, entire kitchen ready to prepare anything, to fruit sellers, drinks... but as well mechanics, and electricists using the sidewalk as an extension of the their space. And there are no problems at all, everything is working. But slow.
I was at a small monastery, and there were novices (guys that are going to be monks) singing, or maybe praying. That was a very peacefull space, without tourists, as it was not in the main road.
I was stonished, because I saw less than 20 people walking around chinatown. That was good!
After walking for more than 5 hours, I sat down on a park. From my place I could see groups of people practising tai-chi (I think), I bigger group joining a lesson of aerobics, a couple that was going to merry with a photographer, and people running. I was a little bit far from everythinf, and suddenly a women came and seat right next to me. After 30 minutes she asked me for my name, and we were trying to comunicate for 1 more hour. I was using some of the lonely planet sentences, but it wasn't easy since she could only ask a couple of sentences. But was interesting anyway. She looked very shy. She had many wounds (ferides) in her hands. She was 34 years old. I still don't know if she was looking for something. She was a little bit strange.
There were small altars in almost every single shop.
On my way to the guest house, I found a man. Well, he found me. They always ask you where are you from, or what's your name. This man, asked me where was I looking for. I said nothing special. He presented himself as doctor in political science. And we talked for about 20minutes, maybe more, about thailand, spain, and barcelona. People need to hear first spain to connect it to barcelona. After that he ased me to tell only good things to my friends, in order to make the turism grow faster. He told me that they have 8 million turist a year, but I don't know if that's in bangkok or thailand. I slept a little bit, eat some food, and went to walk again. The guest house has a nice terrace, quite relaxed as is 5 minutes far from the famous khao san road. It's nice to read there, and write my diary. I started reading the book that caroline gave me as a present. merci beaucoup caroline, et merci aussi pour le mail. ;-)
And tomorrow more!!!
Once in the agency, that was in the 19th floor, I talk to ms. kob after waiting a little bit. I showed her my pictures and stuff, and she told me to call back on thursday, because she was suposed to talk to the boss, or someone, to see if I fit in the thai market. Of course not as a thai. She didn't look very interested anyway.
After that, first a park and then to chinatown. I was with I thai english teacher for a while, showing me the wat traimit. Wat means temple in thai. A 3 m golden buddha. Once in chnatown, extremelly crowded, full of small stand of food or anything on the 'walking way', more noise, and more poollution. But a lot of life, quiet organized if you look where is taken place. I met a couple of french girls while having lunch, noodle soup with some vegetables. I have never been good at eating with the sticks, but I'll have to improve. Even the soup is eaten with sticks, of course the solid part. An old lady, from france, stopped me a little bit allarmed because she loved my eyes. The sidewalk is losing energy at 5 o'clock, more or less, but not the the car's part. It's funny to see how they take advantage of the sidewalk. From kitchens, entire kitchen ready to prepare anything, to fruit sellers, drinks... but as well mechanics, and electricists using the sidewalk as an extension of the their space. And there are no problems at all, everything is working. But slow.
I was at a small monastery, and there were novices (guys that are going to be monks) singing, or maybe praying. That was a very peacefull space, without tourists, as it was not in the main road.
I was stonished, because I saw less than 20 people walking around chinatown. That was good!
After walking for more than 5 hours, I sat down on a park. From my place I could see groups of people practising tai-chi (I think), I bigger group joining a lesson of aerobics, a couple that was going to merry with a photographer, and people running. I was a little bit far from everythinf, and suddenly a women came and seat right next to me. After 30 minutes she asked me for my name, and we were trying to comunicate for 1 more hour. I was using some of the lonely planet sentences, but it wasn't easy since she could only ask a couple of sentences. But was interesting anyway. She looked very shy. She had many wounds (ferides) in her hands. She was 34 years old. I still don't know if she was looking for something. She was a little bit strange.
There were small altars in almost every single shop.
On my way to the guest house, I found a man. Well, he found me. They always ask you where are you from, or what's your name. This man, asked me where was I looking for. I said nothing special. He presented himself as doctor in political science. And we talked for about 20minutes, maybe more, about thailand, spain, and barcelona. People need to hear first spain to connect it to barcelona. After that he ased me to tell only good things to my friends, in order to make the turism grow faster. He told me that they have 8 million turist a year, but I don't know if that's in bangkok or thailand. I slept a little bit, eat some food, and went to walk again. The guest house has a nice terrace, quite relaxed as is 5 minutes far from the famous khao san road. It's nice to read there, and write my diary. I started reading the book that caroline gave me as a present. merci beaucoup caroline, et merci aussi pour le mail. ;-)
And tomorrow more!!!
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