I saw a man selling fish on a stick today, right on the corner of Sukhumvit 26. I'm not talking grilled fish on skewers for hungry passersby. I mean vibrant live little fish, even turtles, all stacked up on top of each other, each in their own little plastic-baggie bubble. I'm not entirely sure how much he was charging for them, but he let me take a picture anyway. No sooner had I clicked the shutter, when he hoisted the pole and its plastic-baggie barnacles horizontally onto his shoulder and nonchalantly crossed the street as though unaware of the busy lunchtime traffic. I watched them cross, briefly picturing the surely curious scene of carnage that would ensue if they got hit by a car. Luckily no such scene unfolded before me and before I knew it, he was marching off on the opposite side of Sukhumvit, condo-quarium and its inhabitants bouncing along on his shoulder.
The other day, as I was walking down the BTS steps, I saw that the man ascending the same stairs was carefully balancing some odd white package in his hands. Only when I passed him did I realize he was carrying a turtle sans shell. I'm not entirely sure if it was dead or alive, but am afraid it was the former. It's not everyday you see someone carrying a turtle onto the Skytrain.
And then, just as I was walking down our little
soi (still pondering about the turtle), I saw a tiny, fluffy white poodle riding a motorcycle. It wasn't in a basket or it's owner's arms, even. It was just standing on the motorcycle seat behind it's owner as they roared on down the
soi. When they passed me, I noticed the poodle was wearing a black shirt and a spiked leather collar.
All I can say is... amazing Thailand.
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