Street Vendors

Afternoon in the City of Angels

---

November 9th 2009
I'm sitting on a street corner at a sidewalk cafe in the Banglamphu area of Bangkok. Fruit stands and cafes line both sides of the road. The fruit vendors carts are stacked with mangos, bananas, dragonfruit, passion fruit and papaya. The stalls stay busy all afternoon and see a steady stream of farangs as well as Thais. Coolers packed with ice hold bottled water, fresh coconuts and fruit juic ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

---

A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more