the rtt train schedule and my laptop meltdown (bangkok)
i just checked and it's...there right now, humidity steaming up the metro. *Wat Phra Kaew’s golden light makes it look like a god’s phone screensaver, but the real magic? the off-grid cafes where Nomad List has decaf so weak it’s practically a placebo. my laptop hissed like a scorned ex halfway through editing photos for Street Art Magazine on this « premium rooftop WiFi.
Pro tip: avoid the Khlong Toei "snack*’s. someone told me that once, and i still swear the durian pancake vendor here tastes like regret. but hey, the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre has this free mural that looks like a «Viral interior designer’s nightmare’’-clashing styles that’ll make your head tilt.
i overheard a freelance photographer at the market muttering about the « CIEC bus system. “it’s like a portal to parallel dimensions,” she said, dodging a scooter that swerved to avoid a cat wearing a tiny helmet. crowdsourced chaos? - yes. but the Market@Gateway food court? - adrenaline, strangers, and mango sticky rice that’ll make you forget you exist.
someone warned me about the« Samut Prakan wetlands’ mosquitoes. “Tempur-Pedic isn’t Saudi Arabia,” they said, shoving me toward the « Kasikornbank branch’s A/C. took 47 mins to finally load the Elephant Nature Center map. but worth it: the pond’s algae needed algae.
If you’re here for the gameplay, hit up Prasit Park at sunset-it’s a free-call of black kites, and the base allows you to blue-sky plot captures.
Map warning: goo.gl/maps/VzrQD5JzJyZv snapped at « Wat Phra Sri Mahathat’s for laughing at the Seafood Samui controversy-apparently, the « employees think they’re CIA operatives.
shoutout to Little Uncle’s (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Business/ShowReview?lng=en&pid=112233445566, « fried scorpion’’. doesn’t matter if it’s real. the distressed* smile on the guy’s face when you order is everything.
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