‘Sawat dee khrap’ – it means hello, goodbye, good morning, good night, welcome or any other greeting you can imagine…..(Greetings) from Bangkok, the City Of Angels as it’s known locally (Grung Tep). You thought that title deservedly belong to Los Angeles? Well, LA is for Hispanic angels and BKK is for the Oriental angels. Remember that there are good and bad angels though.
Bangkok is also known as The Big Mango (vs The Big Apple). I think an expat named it that and it stuck. Bangkok is the biggest city in Thailand, LOS, the Land Of Smiles (it’s also read Land Of Scams or the land of traffic, temples, sex drugs and rock’n roll), with an official population of 6 million but it is estimated at any given time there are twice as many people in the city and during peak hour (read between 5 am in the morning until 3 am in the night) it seems that there are 4 times as many people in the city, especially if it’s raining.
No reserve seating on this bus
Bangkok taxis are plentiful, on Silom or Sukumwit Road they line up like a train carriage one after another, however if it’s raining (like it does everyday in September and October) then don’t bother looking for a taxi as you wont find any. My theory is that when it rains the taxi drivers like to find a cozy place with their mates to indulge in one of their favorite activity, drinking and playing cards, no other explanation for it.
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