AmyHuang
Khob Khuun Kah Bangkok, see you in 7 weeks
Yes, I have been reading a travel literature while I travel. During the day I wander through the streets of Bangkok looking for post cards (I have not given up yet!), and at night, in between the news and interesting programs on Deutsche-Welle Asien, I was travelling along the British coast with Paul Theroux, meeting old ladies and experiencing run down bed and breakfasts. Is that a form of optimism, that I am alreadying thinking of somewhere else when I am actually somewhere else?
The same colleague I am suppose to buy a post card for would say I have issues.
I do agree with Theroux, that all travellers expect things to go well, and even in the unlikely event that it does not go well and if they do live to tell the tale, the event usually becomes the central point of the story, often told with a few giggles.
The worst trip is often the best trip. So they say, and I find that it is in all the getting lost, the numerious train/bus change overs and the language barriers are situations that eventually helped me learn about Bangkok.
On my way home, and by the time you get to read this I am probably trying to find that comfortable position so I can sleep on the plane. Even though I had limited the amount of sightseeing on this trip, I feel that I still experienced Bangkok. From meeting tuk tuk drivers to seeing the royal family (from a distance) to being squashed onto a bus and experiencing a Thai wedding, it had been quite a trip and I am happy to know that in approximately 7 weeks I'll be back here with my husband and get to see it all again!. Hopefully by then, the flooding would have eased.
The same colleague I am suppose to buy a post card for would say I have issues.
I do agree with Theroux, that all travellers expect things to go well, and even in the unlikely event that it does not go well and if they do live to tell the tale, the event usually becomes the central point of the story, often told with a few giggles.
The worst trip is often the best trip. So they say, and I find that it is in all the getting lost, the numerious train/bus change overs and the language barriers are situations that eventually helped me learn about Bangkok.
On my way home, and by the time you get to read this I am probably trying to find that comfortable position so I can sleep on the plane. Even though I had limited the amount of sightseeing on this trip, I feel that I still experienced Bangkok. From meeting tuk tuk drivers to seeing the royal family (from a distance) to being squashed onto a bus and experiencing a Thai wedding, it had been quite a trip and I am happy to know that in approximately 7 weeks I'll be back here with my husband and get to see it all again!. Hopefully by then, the flooding would have eased.
