How People Live in Bangkok

In the last couple of weeks we have explored a little more of Bangkok and seen how people live.

A couple from Australia we met told us about the green bridge in Bangkok.  It is an 8 km walking bridge that connects two parks.  The bridge passes over residential areas and so it gave us a look into how people who don't live in tall buildings live in this city.  It was a very hot morning and the bridge was one of the dirtiest road we have walked on (a lot of dogs roam alone) but it was interesting to view the homes.

Our starting point.

Some homes look nicer than others.

This was on our way back waiting for the sky train.  I can't believe his belly is hanging out...lol.

For our second adventure in trying to see how people live in Bangkok, we took a ferry and crossed the river to a residential area.

We went with Michael's colleague Steve, who will be replacing him when we leave.

This is the ferry we took.

Not sure why Cristiano decided to take his arm out of his tank top.

He woke up just in time for the boat ride.

The building with the dome is Lebua - the sky bar in Hangover II.

Upon our arrival across the river we bumped into this pig.

Hello!

As we were walking this lady from this store grabbed and carried Cristiano. He did not like that.  Thai people feel very comfortable getting up close with the boys and it seems Cristiano has had enough. 

We noticed that in this area each row house consists of a store on the ground floor and then a home on the floor above.  We saw seamstresses, grocery stores, jewellers, and mechanics.

On the boat, on our way back.

Two weeks ago we decided to take a long tail boat and tour the river.  We also got to see more homes, but this time they were homes of people who live along the canals of Bangkok.  The boys really enjoyed the ride, although I was very nervous at first because the water was very choppy.

We had to stop for gas.

I am not sure how these homes are still standing.  They look like they are going to break.

It was time to feed the fish.

Floating market.

We really enjoyed all these little excursions and got to see a lot of Thai life beyond the fancy hotels and malls.