הארגון להורדת המשאיות מכבישי ישראל

An American guy with whom I travelled with five years ago once described the kawa-san street as an old whore. "it's old and dirty, everyone are going in and out of it. it stinks, it's ugly, but it keeps going just out of the power of habit, and people are drawn to it just because they know it and used to it". That's what he said. I coudnt desribe to better. The kawa-san is not the place to be on vacation. it's just a transit station for backpackers and no one should be here for more than three days. It has it's high advantages, of course. You can buy here a lot of things that you'll not find elsewhere. It has a nice collection of clothes and assecories that will help you in the rest of your trip. And, of course, the food vendors are the best you can find in Thailand. Anyway, I had my share of it and I'm more than happy to leave today to the north. This time I came to Thailand with a clear purpose that I hope will be fullfiled on the best side.

I traveled a little in bangalampu, the surroundig neighborhood. I met a tuk-tuk driver who took me to see some temples in bangkok. Eventually all of them look the same, but I did meet a lot of interesting people on the way. I got friendly with that driver and we met again in the evening. We sat on a thai bar and had a beer. With his lame English he told me about his life, family, ambitions. It was very interesting. He has a family in east thailand. They have a big rice field, and each summer, the wet season, he goes there and help them to pick the rice. He invited me to come there to a visit on the summer, he told me they'll have enogh rice to feed me... I invited him to my home as well, since he had a lot of interest in comming to work in Israel.. It's fun to see how people live their lives in different countries, especially non western countries.

Oh well, I'll stop now. maybe I'll take a few photos, I didnt do that yet since I came here.

Bye