Fish, Food, Flowers

It is interesting to see all the massive cities that seem to have sprung up overnight in all these places. As you drive through, you are told that 20 years ago, all this area was farmland, and now it's a field of high rises and sky scrapers.


Bangkok was where I got the first sense of that, but at the same time was able to see the more "rural" side of things.


We went on a boat ride through all the canals/channels bordering off the main Bangkok river and it was fascinating to see people's homes and get a quick glimpse into their lives.


The Thai people are so warm and friendly. All of them were overjoyed to see us and would all wave as we passed by.


A common site to see was different people cooking meals aboard their little boats.


And fish. Boy were there fish. You aren't allowed fishing directly in the river by the temples, so obviously, that's where all the smart fish congregate. I have never seen so many fish in one place in my entire life. The water was swarming with them. It reminded me of what it must have been like when Jesus told his disciples to lower their nets in the water and they were FULL of fish.




There was a food market and all the different "restaurants" had their kitchens out back, in the boats. So the servers would lean over the railing to put in the orders, and the women would assemble it. I can't imagine cooking that many meals in such a small place. And on a rocky boat no less.


Went to a local flower market and the amounts of flowers everywhere was crazy! Dozen roses for a dollar anyone? And the turkeys/ducks (I really don't know for sure what they are) in the bucket kind of didn't appeal much to me.


Love all the textures of the different fruits, plants and flowers. So diverse and colorful!


It was fun seeing some of the fruits that I have been trying out from my local produce market here at home.




This temple was interesting because they were celebrating some festival and so there were people and monks everywhere. And let me tell you, it takes a long time to make sure there's no one else in your photo when you're taking pictures of things. :)






I love that these pictures make this look like a lovely sunny day. When in reality it was 40 degrees with 95 percent humidity. Lovely indeed. You just have to embrace the sweat dripping down every part of your body.




And thus concludes a bit of a tour of Bangkok. It was about a 2 hour drive from the port (Laem Chebang) to Bangkok but I loved seeing the countryside and lots of different things as we drove!

Next stop: Laem Chebang to meet my wild side...