Cathedrals in the sky

When you walk around the main drag in Bkk
you re hit by the scale and wealth of the place. Or
should that be debt?  Anyway, its got so many shopping
areas that you cant throw a cat without hitting a designer store!
when you do walk through it and into one
of the many vast exclusive ac designer malls you are
greeted by a wave of cold air that welcomes you into
consumer heaven.  Yes folks stretching of for what seems like ever
the cathedrals to possession are some of the largest
and most comprehensive I have ever seen.
They even greeted a bum like me with open arms
and all i bought was some dental floss from boots
which has decamped here from the good lode uk
main street!

as you walk and take in the amazing cleanliness and the
synthetic charm of it all you are aware of the power of this
western idea that has washed the globe in greed.

the rich thais never get to feel too hot
nor do they actually go outside as its all done
in ac splendour and with the white faced
faring looking on and wishing that one day we can be like
them ha ha.!

All so far away from the local tribes near here that have nothing
but smiles in there life that has simplicity and community written
all over it!  Devoid of meaning and purpose we shop till
we drop and the reality of the emptiness of western life
is temporarily suspended….!

more soon!