14 Jun 2023
The Ancient City is now flooded with shops and restaurants. It is hard to view the old buildings which make this area unique.
Shop wares like clothes, hats, knick knacs cover up the walls and doors of buildings.
At night thousands descend at this place making it an unpleasant place to walk around.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of tricycles carrying tourists pack the narrow streets competing with tourists bicycling around as well. Tootooting you from behind to make way for them. The noise level can be very irritating. Tons of tourists posing at each corner for photo ops as well. Street vendors are calling out everywhere begging you to buy whatever they are selling.
Lights are bright at night and beautiful to look at. The river is packed with little boats with lanterns carrying tourists.
It is much better to enjoy these lights from afar.
Walk on the other side of the river and just enjoy the night without the hustle and bussel of street food vendors, tricycles, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
One night in the Ancient Town is enough.
It no longer is the glorious Ancient Town that it was before it became a major tourist destination.