Our first day in Bangkok, we strolled about the city during rush hour. The streets were jammed, as expected, but we caught some commuters traveling to work by ferry boat on the Khlong Saem Saeb river.
Some of them manage to spare a few minutes in devotion at a small Buddhist compound, the Erawan Shrine. They perform their rituals with deliberate care, then move off to join the early morning traffic.
It is the location of the shrine that surprises, for it is located close to the Siam Square complex of shopping malls, sandwiched between the Burberry and Louis Vuitton stores.
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