The Beauty of Bangkok
Thursday, October 9th, 2008I only had a half day yesterday in my favorite city, Bangkok, but I made the most of it. I was headed to Wat Arun which is a really stunning temple on the “other side” of the river. I have looked across the river at this temple numerous times and now I was determined to get there. Boarding the ultra-modern sky train to take me to the river’s edge, I thought it fitting that it would take me backwards in time. The train was full of people headed to work although by time the train gets to the river it is almost empty having emptied most of the cargo a couple of stops before. As I left the train, I was swimming upstream against the surge of people coming from the river taxi boats who were headed to the train for the center of the work district. Busy Bangkok, but I knew I was headed for tranquility.