Bangkok is a hard city to drive in if you need to make a u-turn. Our moo-bahn (neighborhood) is just beyond the u-turn for our main road, Bangna-Trad. When we leave to go to some places, we go through 5 Baht Soi to catch the u-turn from the main road. For some reason, we have to pay 5 baht to go through the moobahn next to us so we can catch the short-cuts; thus, the name 5 Baht Soi.
5 Baht Soi is full of shops and produce markets, Thai fast food vendors, and two 7-11shops (yes, 24 hours). Early in the morning (6:30 to 9 am) and all afternoon and evening, it's lively with many scooters, cars, taxis and people killing our shortcut advantage.
We went walking one night to eat soup at a Thai stall that the boys recommended. Everyone really is polite, and soft spoken. No shouting and blaring horns. On this road, you can find (think 12 days of Christmas here)the TV repairman, shoe repair, frame maker, dry cleaning, 5 million dogs, at least 4 beauty salons, 3 massage shops, 2 7-11s, and a Tesco Lotus Express (convenience store). (By the way, the soup was DE-licious.)
Sounds normal and boring almost, til you remember that there's hardly a store that doesn't have a spirit house, and that we need to learn their language well to share His love that they so desperately need on busy 5 Baht Soi.
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