From Bangkok to Bombay

When you see countries like Thailand have infrastructure of good qaulity, it sows doubts on your mind on what exactly is our country doing after so many years of independence. They have got expressways over the city and roads and airports of high qaulity and a very proactive Tourism zing to the whole scenario. They have beaches and massages that sell well, but c'mon, no country can just excel in selling their beaches, if they cant provide good lodging and transportation and facilities to whoever lands in that copuntry. India is on its way, I just hope we are not too late.

So some snippets of this country, not in any particular order though.
So lets start with the two-wheeler taxis or the bike taxis that we see here. They are differentiated from their other 2-wheeler counterparts by the orange waist coat. They flout traffic rules and go on footpaths (like they do here in Bangalore) as seen in the picture. But I have to tell you that in this traffic-jammed city, they are the fastest mode of transport.
Bangkok, must be having the worst traffic-jams in this part of the world. The only time you avoid that is when you take the expressway, running above the city, covering the length and breadth of it, or when you take the sky train, which doesnt cover much of the city.

The inner roads inside the cities are cramped at some parts and the best thing about these roads are these nice small trees which do not cramp the footpath but gives some shade. As you would see. most of the pics have been taken whn I was travelling in the taxi as too many meetings and numerous traffic jams made me click less pictures.

This is the talles building in Bangkok. It has 90 floors and is a hotel, whose name I cant recollect now. I like the Johnnie Walker ad on it, which says "Drink, Dont Drive"!!!

The famous water ways in Bangkok. Couldnt take the ride on the boats though.
This was something which I didnt understand. The board there says "Marriage for Alien", whatever that means. I was in the taxi, esle would have gone down and enquired.
This is a classic Heineken ad. I saw couple of billboards which were really classy ones. By the time I dug out the camera from my bag, I was past that. Now anyone who comes to Bangkok, will know of Patpong street and what it is famous for. This rotating ad board has the images in the following order
1. Soi 1 which translates to Street 1 - The image is of a hand holding a Heineken pint bottle
2. Soi 2 ~ Street 2 - And the image is again of a hand holding a pint rather loosely
and the third one is this...
In Malaysia you can speak in English and be assured that the listener will understand what you are saying and vice versa. But not here. They speak in english which you will never understand and ya they don't understand what you speak.

And finally I was back in good old Mumbai!!!