Chinatown in Bangkok
Travel July 31st, 2003
Like something out of a film, Bangkok’s Chinatown has tiny alleyways with tons of shops that only mostly sell in bulk. Backpacks, shoes, clothes, eyeware, wallets… just about anything. This is probably where the (slightly) bigger stores in the city pick up their goods to turnaround for profit to tourists.
Motorcyclists try to make their way through the alleyway as well, giving almost no mercy to anyone in the way. I just had to go with the flow.


There was no shortage of food. Fruits, food, anything. It was there for the taking, and cheap of course.

To the left are juices or soda in plastic bags with ice. To the right are our standard sodas-in-a-bottle. Take your pick. When I was much younger, roaming through Bangkok, I’d be running around with a straw and plastic-bag-soda in hand.

August 6th, 2003 at 12:57 am
Hi James! Hope you are doing well! I’m still reading up on your journal entries (hope you don’t mind)! By the way, I got upgraded for the JET Program couple of weeks ago and will be leaving with the so-called Group C. ^_^ Don’t know where I’m going yet, but hope we keep in touch! Hope you are having fun in Thailand!