Bangkok boat ride

Bangkok has significant inland waterways and a nice boat ride through some of them provided some nice views of the city.

Since the waterways are transportation routes, it makes sense that some parts have street lights and telephone lines, but it is still a little curious.

The waterways are also places of business. Here, the boats are the kitchens serving fresh meals to diners at tables on docks which seem to serve no other purpose than being a sprawling dining area.

I really like these trees; in person, the color is really beautiful.

There's not much sign left of the riverbank that was; although you can see it exposed in some places and in others, where the houses are built on stilts, you can see it as a muddy remnant under the houses.

In some areas water hyacinth (I think that's what my guide called it) grows naturally in the rivers.