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| Biking Bangkok |
After Madrid and Seville, I am hooked on bike tours. It's a cool way to see a new city, so today I did just that. The company was called Co Van Kissel, obviously a Dutchman, who started the company 30 years ago. Of the nine of us on the bike tour, 6 were Dutch and 2 were German. I must say, a most boring lot, argh!! Not a smile or a laugh from any of them and it really was a splendid tour. We met a 1 o'clock and started with going through Chinatown, onto a longboat through the canals and ended up almost out in the country. We came across a funeral celebration; a most important monk passed away a few days ago and there are funeral ceremonies held all over Thailand. We were invited to join in and eat with the mourners, huge amounts of food was prepared. Sharing food is good for Karma, as is eating it, so who were we we to argue. We were welcomed with open arms, lots of old Thai ladies encouraging us to take whatever we wanted. And this is the reason I travel!
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| Funeral crashing |
The houses along the canals are so interesting; lots of them ramshackle sheds, others quite beautiful with huge carved doors and peaked roofs, right next to a house that was on a huge lean, about to topple over. But everywhere people happily waved at us.
The tour included an early dinner, which was actually an awkward affair as hardly anyone talked to each other; after I made numerous attempts I finally gave up.
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That's a truck engine on
the longboat! |
We got back at 6.00, so a long bike ride. Then no taxi driver wanted to go near my hotel as the road was closed due to the funeral so I ended up walking back, 50 minutes, so exercise well and truly done. Oh, and off course a swim when back as it was a hot hot day!! But very enjoyable all the same.
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