Mar 08 2010 Bangkok: masseurs and grasshoppers fried fish

The backpacker district of Bangkok Khao San Road- Americans boiled and drunk Australians, German socks under sandals, French air of intellectuality and anywhere with dreadlocks face dismissal. We concluded that local singer deliberately piled terrace so no one can perceive how badly they sing. Everywhere there are stunning Thai girls legs after playing between being conquered or overcharge for their pleasures.

In every square inch, has golpe of sonrisa, businesses are hollow impossible. Here you can buy everything and, for a European, always enough money. You can go to get a massage on the feet a restless pececitos, or receive a yoga session, or eat some fried grasshoppers, we have not encouraged-, or witnessing a wrestling Thai, really impressive, or getting a tattoo or buy the best imitation with permission of the Chinese, clear- the legendary Adidas tracksuit ten euritos anything.

For a modest price of five to six dollars, in a while you can get a fake ID ... Student, Journalist, truck driver ... From what you want

On the streets with vegetables cooked nuddles 60 cents a minute thanks to a kind of giant paella pans, and meanwhile take the opportunity to sell t-shirts, slippers, pearcings or Chang beer brand. And, and you Animas, for a modest price of five to six dollars, in a while you can get a fake ID ... Student, Journalist, truck driver ... From what you want. You just think of what you fancy, and they will make.

But Bangkok is not only the chaos of the streets, drunken tourists and agonizing traffic jams etc. ..., if you run away and look closely, the city can be an island where you find treasures in the form of temples, or huge Buddha images at all worship. For a person educated in Christianity, wats or pagodas are worth seeing, with its huge dragon presiding over the entry, shorn monks chanting mantras or the jagged shapes of their roofs.

The Buddhist religion is everywhere. It is rare to find a neighbor who, at the doors of your home, improvised an altar with flowers and dozens of incense sticks, where passersby stop to take a spontaneous prayer. Bangkok can also be a place to stroll along the river while, in parks, Aerobics young Thais practiced without shame. Or a huge complex of union districts with exotic fruits and all kinds of food.

And, with a little luck, You can also find restaurants in the labyrinth of authentic places catering in the back where you sit down to eat soup or meat with parishioners.

To get to the back streets, clear, one of the things needed is to give up the friendly taxis called tuk-tuk. Just try to get you to tourist sites and take out the dough. But Bangkok has a huge network of buses, less than 20 cents (local currency is called bat, and it takes 50 to raise a dollar), for example you closer to Lumpini Park to boating and see how they practice tai chi or Asians playing badminton. Or the impressive shopping center, where you can feel at Paris, surrounded by a rail constructed on bridges roof makes the city.

We have been three days, y yo me reafirmo. You have to know Bangkok before going to find quieter areas. And, Do you wish you something unique, do not fail to go to a wrestling Thai one of the three official stadiums that will open on alternate nights on Mondays, Friday and Saturday.

This noche we set for May Chang, north, on an overnight train. Its 16 short hours of travel. We'll see what awaits us.