You can read all about this tour company here: www.realasia.net; we took the afternoon tour.
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| Last minute instructions . . . stay close! |
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| Two guides worked together to create a break in traffic. |
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| And we were off! |
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| Are leader was fearless! |
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| We stopped in little Chinatown. |
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| These protect a home from bad forces. |
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| Only one person at a time! she told us again and again. |
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| Perhaps you can see why? |
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| The bridge crosses a canal. |
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| Next! |
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| Looks good and sturdy, doesn't it? |
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| Next! |
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| The neighborhood |
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| Previous support beams? |
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| A shrine just off the canal |
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| And indoor market . . . |
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| that kept going and going . . . |
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| There's a mini-city under the highways! |
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| Mangosteen breaktime |
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| Yum! |
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| This was a many laned thoroughfare! |
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| He went first to stop the flow of traffic. |
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| See? |
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| And into another neighborhood we go. I couldn't take pictures then; it was too narrow and we kept moving! |
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| Then it was time to cross the river. |
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| You can find this on the map if you want. |
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| A personal ferry |
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| Ready |
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| The propellor's at the end of that very long rod. |
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| Set |
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| Go! |
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| This man loves his job! |
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| A floating something or other |
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| Crossing to the other side |
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| The buildings are so fascinating. |
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| Don't you think? |
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| We were then in the peninsula where buildings aren't higher than 3 stories. This raised sidewalk took us past banana plantations, swamp land, houses, you name it! |
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| We stopped at a wat or temple to view the family shrines (which house the cremated remains). |
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| We rode in this thick jungle area just across from Bangkok for over an hour, and then in 45-minutes or so we were back in the midst of the concrete jungle. |
