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Dusty and disused, even by Bangkok standards! - Bangkok
Dusty and disused, even by Bangkok standards!
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Backstreets: Backstreets on the way to the Royal Barge Museum
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  • Updated By thedouglas on January 15, 2006
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  • Right at the backdoor! - Bangkok
    Right at the backdoor!
    by thedouglas, 4 more photos
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    We took the ferry to Tha Rot Fai to see the Royal Barges, and walked a distance to get to them. The fact that Bangkok is such a city of contrasts is evident in so many situations - but the poverty and general lack of comfort and space by Western standards, compared to the absolute wealth contained in the barge museum was most visually evident - just a few feet away from each other.......................... It is however a great little walk past schools, and a community who must put up with plenty of people getting lost on the way as the signage isnt great. The barges themselves are magnificent and there is a history of the barges in the building aswell. The kids where not as impressed as the adults..


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    Backstreets: away from the attractions is away from the crowds
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  • Updated By richiecdisc on August 15, 2005
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  • Bangkok can be serene too - Bangkok
    Bangkok can be serene too
    by richiecdisc
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    Though Bangkok can be a very hectic place, you can escape the masses by simply walking in the opposite direction of the attractions. City parks can offer respite from the heat and crowds but even wandering the backstreets in search of leafy-lined canals can be a real treat.

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    Backstreets: Wandering encounters
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  • Updated By thedouglas on June 17, 2006
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  • Soi dogs enroute............nasty looking critters - Bangkok
    Soi dogs
    enroute............nasty
    looking critters
    by thedouglas
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    There seems to be life in every nook and cranny of Bangkok - find a bridge or any form of shelter, and there'll be life underneath. These dogs put me into reverse gear! They look hungry and mean, but, the reality is, they are probably so diseased and weak, they can barely snarl at you! Not a risk taker when it comes to disease and things that bite! This scene was just a few metres away from a very civilised looking shopping area!


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    Backstreets: Sometimes the motorbikes just die!
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  • Updated By thedouglas on June 17, 2006
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  • Dusty and disused, even by Bangkok standards! - Bangkok
    Dusty and disused, even by
    Bangkok standards!
    by thedouglas, 1 more photos
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    One of our favourite holiday activities is just walking. He who must always know where he is takes the map, but I am happy to wander! Some of our best pictures and ogles have been when we have been lost, and just wandered around the streets. Get off at a station and check out the local markets and streetscape. This old bike was up against the wall in one of my wanderings, not so far off the beaten path at all! The second bike was in a fairly busy street - and had obviously become "spare parts"!


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    Backstreets: Soi Dogs I have Seen!
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  • By thedouglas on June 17, 2006
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  • Poor old bugger - got the flea disease real bad! - Bangkok
    Poor old bugger - got the flea
    disease real bad!
    by thedouglas, 2 more photos
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    Most of these poor old dogs look pathetic, if not quite scary - undoubtedly their bark is worse than their bite - but who's gonna risk it! Dogs and their fleas are everywhere in Bangkok - and beyond - they can be quite snarly - and I'm not about to take any risks.


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    Backstreets: What's a Soi?
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  • Updated By jrs1234 on November 27, 2002
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  • Backstreets - Bangkok
    by jrs1234
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    One of my favourite things in Bangkok is wandering around the backstreets ( sois ) in Bangkok - it gets you away from the traffic, and you can see a little of how people live. Some of the areas around the smaller canals can be quite pretty, too. Incidentally, town and city addresses are often given as Soi N, SuchAndSuch road (or even SuchAndSuch road soi N), which means it's on the Nth side-road off SuchAndSuch road, not on the main road itself. In some places (villages for example), streets are called 'moo', as well.

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    Backstreets: Tiny Clean Restaurant "with no name"
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  • Updated By listenandlearn on September 17, 2005
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  • The every smiling gracious waiter in a small resta - Bangkok
    The every smiling gracious
    waiter in a small resta
    by listenandlearn, 3 more photos
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    Here is a small real tiny restaurant we had our lunch. This lady was the only waiter serving about 7 tables. We strongly feel that she deserves to be seened by all the VirtualTourists that might bumped into this just ever graceful lady, so hard working for little money. The food was scramptous and when we saw the bill we could not believe how cheap it was for such exotic food served. We love Bangkok not only for the best foods, but the people, the shopping that drives my wife nuts...Everyone has to come and see and enjoy Bangkok.

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    Backstreets: Dirty Soi Street!
  • Updated By RoyJava on September 13, 2006
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  • soi1-bangkok - Bangkok
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    by RoyJava
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    Heeheeh,... nope, not a street full of sexual challenge, but hold your breathe! Here the entrails are prepaired for food. Bowels, intestines, tripe, just name it and you can find it here! Indeed this little Soi 1 belongs to the most dirty street of Bangkok, according to many tourists. Because the smell here surpasses the pollution of Bangkok. Yep, Soi 1 right between Siam Center & Mah Boon Karong. We had to go here for the delicious PLA DUK, the favourite fish-food of my brother. He warned us for the rats and the cockroaches that could show up. They didn't, but take care for the grating in the middle of the pedestrian path. These can dart away under your feet. Not that nice having a dashing, thudding free fall right between the entrails...

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    Backstreets: Amulet Market
  • Updated By templemonkey on April 18, 2008
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  • Backstreets - Bangkok
    by templemonkey
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    The amulet market is right next to the Grand Palace along Na Phralan Rd .Also close to Thailand's well know Thammasasat Univerisity and Silpakorn University of art .Take a stroll along Na Phralan Rd you will see the classic Bangkok street with people sitting on the ground selling mostly Buddha amulets,herbal products,balms,branclets, secondhand stuff and even false teeth.There are so many cheap food here as well,so I got so very hungry walking down Na Phralan Rd from the pier at Tha Chang .

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    Backstreets: Sunday flea market
  • Updated By stamporama on August 14, 2007
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  • "Wanna buy Rolex?"
    by stamporama
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    When you visit the Wat Po and Grand Palace (which can be done in an entire afternoon), walk along the tree-shaded sidewalk between the 2 places, specifically the street -- forgot the name-- nearest the Chao Phraya river. Locals have a sort of flea market (I'm not sure if they do this on Sundays only) where they sell used goods, but brand-new items are also available. Very few tourists are around (probably being a weekend, they'd rather be at Chatuchak) so you might see and buy something not usually found in stores. Their wares are just laid on the sidewalk for you to browse. No price tags for used items but even if there are, one could still try haggling.

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