Getting Around in Bangkok...

While on our way to our hotel from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport, the first thing that struck me was the amount of colour on the roads! Initially mistaking the colourful automobiles to be private cars, I soon delightfully realized that the profusion of colour that were the roads, was all thanks to the taxis, cabs, call what you will! Ranging from bright oranges to fuschias, blues and greens, I spent the rest of my traipsing days and nights on Thailand roads trying to spot one, new, bright colour that I hadn't seen on my earlier sojourn; sometimes, the sojourns being just minutes apart! Not for the Thais the drab yellow, white, or other monotonous colours that are usually cabs; Thais need their dose of colour and glitter in most everything!

The tuk tuk is another common feature on Bangkok roads. Very similar to the auto rickshaws found in this part of the world, they are only bigger and more fun to ride! Also, of course, they come in hues that can give their bigger counterparts, the cabs, some stiff competition! Tuk tuks are an easy way to travel to short distances, and it's only when you travel to other parts of Southeast Asia, namely, neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore that you realize how nominally priced the transport fares in Thailand really are!

Another popular mode of public transport in Bangkok is the Skytrain. Extremely viable, a day's pass lets you travel around the city, up until midnight! Comfortable and clean, Skytrains are surely a traveller's delight in Bangkok, what with many stations' exit doors leading right into a popular shopping mall, a delightful market, or some other place of commercial interest! Talk about leading the customer to right where you want her!