Ok, I timed it so that I'd be there right when it opened again at 1pm. Same song; I took the train to the water taxi. I'm a pro at this point and helped some "tourists" figure out which way to go ;p
I got to the appropriate dock and headed over to the Grand Palace. The area was completely packed and filled with street vendors. A wall stretches around the palace, so I wasn't exactly sure where to enter. As I walked a bit, I saw a "Tourist Police Officer" and asked him where I should enter. He shook his head and said it was closed today. What...the...f$ck??? Aaaaggghhh!!
Well, time for Plan B. I was reasonably close to Khao San Road, the "backpacker's ghetto" and backdrop for the movie, "The Beach." I figured I'd walk the few blocks there. That was absolutely the right move. As I made my way down the street, I noticed that the street was filled with more street vendors than I have seen anywhere else.
It was crazy, and everything just looked like a blur after awhile. The coolest thing I saw was a bestiality tote bag. When I saw it, it looked lovely enough, and at first glance looked like a bag with a hand-drawn simple girl and her horse. On closer inspection, she was playing with the horse's junk, and other images showed her giving the horse a blowjob and having sex with it. Gotta love Bangkok!! Sorry; I forgot to get a picture of it.
My walk continued past most of the vendors and I came to the National Museum. On the grounds was what initially looked like a soccer game until I got closer. The kids were playing this crazy game that I'll call "bucket-rugby ball." Basically, there were two teams that were trying to "score" by throwing a ball into a hoop. Ok, sounds like basketball, right? Well, the "hoop" was a basket held by a player standing on a box. The player could move the hoop to try to catch the ball, but the player couldn't fall off the box. An opposing player was allowed to goal tend (block shots from the hoop), and this one really tall girl stood in front of the hoop girl and blocked several. I called her, "Yan Olajuwon."
The coolest part of this were the cheerleaders. There was a band playing the entire time, so it had a really festive feel. On the turquoise side, there was one guy cheerleader who had a megaphone, was super gay, and was doing a crazy dance the whole time. Oh yeah -- I captured it on video. He's wearing a white puffy shirt and really short blue shorts.
I continued to progress and found myself on one of the larger streets in the old city area. More pictures of the king. Gotta love it.
I turned down the next street and found my destination. What a flipping mess! Next post, please.
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