Bangkok---A city and moreBefore coming to the city of angel, Bangkok to me was only a place for shopping and eating, and probably some more temples and lady boys. But after about 3 days in this much-larger-than-I-expected metropolitan, I realized it is not only a city but much more. Dirty and dis-organized it might seem to be in certain ways, this place always resembles HongKong to me in many aspects, with a city-size market, segregation of the old and new town, and more importantly, the rich culture and endless vibrancy emitted from every corner of the city. I’m not sure if it was because of my soaking in the backwardness of Cambodia in the past 5 days, the noise and pollution of big city, the heavy human and vehicle traffic along the streets actually turned me very high. Maybe I normally tend to prefer the quietness in a close-to-nature surrounding, I had never consider myself as a city person. But when I walk down the streets filled up with all kinds of stalls: food, clothes, artifacts, boutiques; hear (more...)