Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The Journey Begins













This would be the last thing I saw in the states in the year 2007...






I was on this plane for 17 hours flying over Santa Clause's house all the way to Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok, Thailand. In Bangkok I had a 12 hour layover from 10pm to 10am... However, the huge and tremendously diverse airport hosted a very interesting night. Not exactly sure what I was going to do for 12 hours in an airport I began walking around to see what exactly Bangkok international had to offer. Several things caught my eye including some interesting temple like buildings, as well as a muslim prayer room and different art...






After wandering around for a few hours I ended up at the Economy lounge where I spent the majority of my time. There I met a man from Austria who had been stuck there at the airport for the past 4 days. I also met a women from Taiwan whom I spent most of the time talking with. She was able to teach me a few chinese phrases and some characters. She was on her way home to Taiwan from a Scouts meeting that was in England. Nearly the entire time she was saying scouts I thought she was saying "Scotts" that mis representation along with her Scotish dress with the kilt and knee highs left me somewhat confused for a while. However, I found she had gone to a Jamboriee in England and had been there for 30 days and was now returning home.




(On the left is my friend from Taiwan, On the right is the Economy Lounge Where I speng most of the time)


After the 12 hours I finally had only one more 2 hour flight and an hour drive by rented mini van before I reached the final destination.