The Venezia of Thailand
06 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Thailand Tags: Bangkok, flood, thailand
There is no flying lion nor San Marco Basilica nor water taxis, but the canals are there and the water is greenish albeit shallow only. They are not as narrow as the canals of Venezia and obviously Venezia’s canals do not have trees in the median, unlike Phahonyothin Road and some of its Sois in Chatuchak district that that became a network of canals after being flooded since 48 hours ago. There are no gondolas either, but only military trucks, buses and 4-wheel drives. There are some small boats though and even bicycles, too.
The view along the temporary canals actually is quite awesome in the evening, specially when seen from above. There are reflections of trees and lamp posts on the water and the moving vehicles seem like sailing boats with the wave created by the vehicles moving out to both sides of them. It is, as if, the wave is cut by the bow of a boat and it spreads from the front of the boat to the canal margin.
As of time of publication of this post, the water has reached Mo Chit BTS (skytrain) station after filling up the low level zone around the intersection between Ladphrao, Phahonyothin and Viphavadi Rangsit Roads. The local government said that the water may reach Victory Monument pretty soon. It is unavoidable that Bangkok will become Venezia for some time. Meanwhile, the politicians keep fighting themselves by blaming each other. Funny but sad or sadly funny.
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