Today i took a walk into the heart of Bangkok city but for some reason i didn't want to be walking around the city , i just wasn't finding it exciting enough looking at shopping malls and skyscrapers , i wanted to get of the tourist track and onto the beaten track to meet some locals and see they way locals really live there lives so i ducked of into a side street from the main road and this led me to a old wooden bridge and just over the was this long pathway which i couldn't even see the other end so of course my curiosity had to take me down this never ending pathway.
I was quite surprised to find this long pathway directly behind the main road of the city center and was excited to see what i would see along this pathway first of i came upon this coconut tree laying across this dirty smelly canal but looking at these baby coconuts blooming so close up made me forget about the smelly canal.
Luckily i did have my mask with me and which dampened the smell a bit from this fifty raw sewerage canal , i was still determined to move on despite the fact of the smell only because there still was some beauty and exciting things to see along this never ending long pathway.
As i moved along all i could see was the city skyscrapers on one side of the pathway and empty lots on the other side were maybe a huge complex of houses or factories had been demolished and clear away and then , i came across some other old wooden and tin shacks and couldn't believe my eyes or imagine how people could even live right on a raw sewage canal passing by them it was sad to see this was not lower class but poverty.
Continuing further along the smelly canal disappeared under the pathway that i was walking along and some how the smell had gone with it so i was able to take my mask of a breath a lit better as the day was so hot i was finding it difficult to breath with the heat and the mask on.
I started to see the more lower class houses stretching across the city as far as i could see some that were been kept with some maintenance and others that probably couldn't afford to keep them maintained.
It was very interesting but sad to see the stretch of these house on both sides of this pathway and then further in the distance was the rich owners of all them skyscrapers a truly unbalanced world we live in.
Every few hundred meters along this pathway were some staircases which would led you down to the houses , shops or them awesome street vendors and the day was that hot that i needed to step down and grab a cold bottle of water and take a look at the locals way of living closer up.
Taking the next staircase down of the pathway , i was now walking along side the pathway which was above me now , i came to this shop front grabbed myself a couple of bottles of cold water one didn't touch the sides as i drunk it and the other one was for the road ahead.
The street vendors were all lined up along this street all selling there amazing stick foods , barbecue chicken pieces and many more yummy Thai dishes all done with a smile.
This is under the pathway and that smelly canal continues through the center of these lower class houses and who knows where it ends.
After my little break i climb up to the pathway and continue my journey this pathway was about 8 km long and it led me out to that beautiful park in the heart of Bangkok city called Lumpini Park so i am very pleased in taking that side street 8 km back cause this was a real experience of everyday Thai culture people living in the lower class and i found them all friendly and welcoming.
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