Khoa San road is one of those places that just never changes. Buckets of alcohol, fries insects, aggressive tuk tuk drivers and custom suit makers, horrible pad thai and extremely vulgar clothing. Might as well get a little bit of everything in. It's main purpose is to serve as a via point to spend a night before flying or taking a bus somewhere nicer.
While walking the street stopping at each store for a beer, I decided to get a foot massage after a long day. You seem to meet the nicest people that sit down beside you for a massage. Ended up having a nice chat with an Asian man and his wife from Paris. An engineer for Intel computer chip company, he fluently spoke 6 different languages. Turns out everyone in Europe gets something crazy like 5 weeks mandatory vacation... Get with it Canada!
So while sitting there getting a foot massage with my new buddy, Singah beers in hand, I recognize two boys from home walk by. Next thing we know it was another night on Khoa San, a BBQ 'd scorpion and a few buckets later, and I may or may not have missed my bus to Cambodia the next morning..... Not even mad. Flying out that night would be far less painful, and allowed a full day to hang out in a lively city in the state of emergency.
Went to MBK shopping centre which is the heart of the protests. Inside is a regular shopping mall selling high end camera gear and clothing, then step outside into a crowd of Bangkok residents mid protest, sleeping on concrete, singing, and standing up for there political opinion.
Traffic is Bangkok is painfully slow at times, and leads to some anxiety when catching a flight into Cambodia..
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