This past week I had the opportunity to travel to Bangkok, Thailand with my father. The purpose of our trip was basically to act as couriers for my sister Annie. Annie was coming off of spending a semester in Christchurch, New Zealand (where the earthquake was), and was about to start a month-long aid project in Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand. However, she had a bunch of stuff that would be inappropriate to bring on a month-long backpacking trip. So off we went, around the world to take two giant duffle bags back to the states.
Bangkok is an unbelievably interesting place. An up-and-coming city that has a tremendous amount of history packing into it, even though it’s only about 200 years old. There’s a really neat mash-up of new and old, I counted over two-dozen different skyscrapers under construction, casting shadows on hundred year-old temples. Pretty cool stuff. My only regret was that we weren’t able to venture outside the city. Since we were only there for what amounted to 4 full days, it didn’t make much sense to travel beyond the city limits. But I definitely hope to go back to Thailand at some point in the future.
Anywho, here are the rest of my keepers. A couple might actually have been taken by my father, I can’t remember.
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You saw a lot in just 4 days! Like the pictures that you took. The more time you spend in Bangkok, the more you discover, it is a really amazing place.