After an amazingly easy 24 hour transit to Bangkok, I am on my way to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh tomorrow to do some research into the ways that non-governmental organizations use and collect information. This is the second time I have spent a day in this city and it is a place of fascination for me. I grew up in Chicago, where I learned to drive. Thought the traffic was bad there, but it doesn't hold a candle to Bangkok. If we are worried about gas prices, we should be.
A city of 10 million people, Bangkok is crowded, noisy and gritty, but the individuals you meet here are helpful and considerate. The sign at the airport refers to Thailand as a country of a thousand smiling faces and this is generally true. Like many cities in newly developed countries (I don't think of Thailand as a developing nation) there is always a sharp juxtaposition of glittering sites and less appealing aspects of the urban areas. Actually, not that different from Chicago!
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