{"id":939,"date":"2010-03-13T06:10:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T12:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/2010\/03\/13\/odds-and-ends-from-bangkok\/"},"modified":"2010-03-13T06:10:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T12:10:40","slug":"odds-and-ends-from-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends from Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc1.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc1.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Back end of a cendol cart<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc2.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc2.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Exhibit caption from Siam Ocean World, an aquarium with nearly as many snack bars as exhibits. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc3.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc3.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Yep, they provide glass-bottom boat tours in one of the fish tanks. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc4.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc4.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc4.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc5.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc5.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc5.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Also in Ocean World, a spa tub full of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garra\">gara<\/a> providing the creepiest pedicure ever.\u00a0 When I paid my admission I did not opt for this extra, but they gave me a ticket anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc6.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc6.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc6.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Me in a canal boat, scowling because&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc7.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc7.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc7.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;this dude is supposed to be hoisting the plastic gunwale to prevent dysentery- and ameoba-infected water from splashing in my face, but he&#8217;s spacing out and not doing his job. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc8.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc8.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc8.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>There was no context to tell me if the penny-farthing trishaw was a joke or an actual historical artifact.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc9.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc9.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc9.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>One of many great pedestrian-only walkways and skyways that crisscross Bangkok. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc10.jpg\" title=\"bangkokmisc10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bangkokmisc10.jpg\" alt=\"bangkokmisc10.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This intersection featured all kinds of numerological graffiti.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back end of a cendol cart Exhibit caption from Siam Ocean World, an aquarium with nearly as many snack bars as exhibits. Yep, they provide glass-bottom boat tours in one of the fish tanks. 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