Returning to Bangkok, we signed-up for a Bangkok Food Adventure cycle tour, organized by Grasshopper Adventures. This entailed a night time cycle tour around the backstreets of Bangkok, sampling Indian, Chinese and Thai street food along the way. With only the two of us on this particular tour, we were led by our Thai guide, Thom, through numerous offstreet alleyways and across several klongs (canals) that constitute the 'real' Bangkok, learning about some of the history of the city and its inhabitants. Not forgetting to stop off at several points on the way to sample some of the diverse food offerings to be found in the different ethnic quarters of the city, which included sticky Indian sweets, and culminated in a massive feast of flash fried crispy pork and morning glory. Alison also developed a liking for fried insects, particularly the tasty grasshoppers.
Definitely a great way to see parts of the city that one would not normally get to see on the standard tourist itinerary, with some excellent food and a history lesson thrown in.
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