Bangkok – the Venice of the East?

[Pattaya One]

To call Bangkok the Venice of Asia is pushing it a bit, although I suppose they do have foul-smelling canals doubling as sewers and waste disposal systems in common.

However on my recent visits to Bangkok I have increasingly been using a very effective form of public transport, the speedboats on the small canals, which have saved me a lot of time getting into and around the city from where I have been staying.

Charting choppy waters

They can be very cramped, dangerous to get into and out of, especially if you have big, clumsy feet like mine, and you can get wet from passing speedboats if you aren’t quick to protect yourself.

But all that aside, they are a great form of transport in Bangkok and extremely cheap, and you get to see very different views of the city.

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