Place chapter p. 301 Thailand
Bangkok
Gold roofs, brown river, twelve million people being patient with each other.
Bangkok rewards the unhurried, which is funny for a city this fast. The trick is to pick one neighbourhood per day and let the rest of the city continue without you.
Stay near the river if you can. It is the oldest street in town and still the best one, and the boats are a transport system disguised as a postcard.
Best time to go November to February, when the air is kind
The short list
Best dinner
The crab omelette, Phra Nakhon
Queue early or queue long.
Best walk
Talad Noi at golden hour
Shrines, machine shops, street cats with seniority.
Best view
Across the river at dusk
From a ferry, price of a coffee, better than any rooftop.
What to skip
Khao San Road, unless you need to confirm a rumour.
From the journal, in Thailand