Long after my trip to Bangkok, after the thrill of shopping at Chatuchuk market has worn off, after the taste of the green curry with half-cooked brinjals has stopped lingering in my tongue, long after I stopped dreaming about tuk-tuks flashing pink and green lights, long after I stopped craving for coconut icecream served with coconut meat something of Bangkok lingered behind.

A desire, a dream, a wishful fantasy or to be brutally honest – an improbability.

The waterways of Bangkok fascinate me. They call my name. They continue to haunt me. Long after my trip to Bangkok. They fill me with a lingering desire to explore life along the waterways. The integral way the canals weaves into daily life. I obviously had a very touristy view into the life during my 4 days in the place but I saw every day life peeking out and calling my name. At every bend, at the end of every boat there is a peek of real life – the lives of people who depend of the waterways for livelihood.

Water has always drawn me. It compels and persuades me to part with my secrets. To tell stories that I lock up within me. To share my tears and fears. The water has hold over me. I have been fascinated by it and lived beside it all my life. River, seas and oceans draw me. I find reasons to take a break beside the waters – to enjoy the gentle lapping of water and to observe life. The water, the elixir as they call it has a strange power over me and it is this power that makes me dream about Bangkok.

I want to live there and explore life – walking shoes, trusty phone with maps and no destination in mind. I want to walk, click, savor and store those memories. I want to celebrate, rejoice and live. Maybe I will document it in all – package it into a beautiful collection. A book maybe? Bangkok and the watery desires remain strong. The wanderlust that surges within me screams Bangkok.

Maybe, someday I will go there. – not as a tourist. I will immerse myself  in the city. Someday I will explore the life along the numerous canals and waterways that feed the city. Someday I promise myself, while I search for photos to feed my wanderlust.

Bangkok has been in the news lately a lot and looking at the pictures of military personnel at various places I had walked and admired brought this post on.