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Back in Bangkok! and not to happy about it

So i forgot about being back in Bangkok!
i had to come back to this place because thats where I would be getting my flight.
Not sure if i mentioned how much I disliked Bangkok in one of my earlier posts. But this time I contained myself to the Silom and Siam Square areas which are a little bit less touristy.
Found a nice Hostel (WE Bangkok) and planned on just hanging out there till my flight.

While there is saw the option to do a floating village tour which was something i didnt get to do the first time i was there because of the floods.
Cost me about $22 and was about a 2 hour drive away from Bangkok.
Once there i discovered that it was another $5 to get one of the little paddle boats which was the main reason i wanted to go. Kinda regret spending the money on that too.

The boat ended up carrying about 10 people in the boat with you so we kept stopping for wherever anyone wanted. I wasnt planning on buying anything so i got bored quickly.


All the things they were selling were just little trinkets. none looked like the homemade handicraft that i was expecting.


There were some boats selling food quite overpriced.


They were selling lots of hats, including ones that doubled as collapseable fans.


Some of the boats had jet engines attached to them which often caused big puffs of smoke or splashes in your face as they went by. Made the whole thing quite noisy as well.


Back in Bangkok i spent most of my days just wandering around the streets eating or sitting in the hostel using their wifi. 

I also re discovered that people in Bangkok try to be much too trendy and there are many of those type of backpackers that spend weeks there just going out every night getting drunk. Not my thing.
Saw some cool buildings. there are lots of new ones going up in Silom.


And heres the lady that I walked by many times in the alley on the way to the skytrain.


If you didnt get the hint dont go to the damnernsaduak floating market.
More pictures check the albums on the left!
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