Anne's blog travel 06-07

Sunday January 14th 2007 Bangkok

Well, Sunday morning in Bangkok is very quiet. It's almost eerie in the streets this morning. There are still some cars and scooters but so few that one has to wonder where they are hiding. By mid afternoon things pick up a bit but certainly there is no traffic to speak of compared to normal.

Also, as I walk out the weather this morning is perfect. The nice breeze makes the morning just amazingly perfect. By 11am-11:30am however things heat up and it's usually muggy and very warm in the afternoon. Well, of course this is nothing like how it must be normally. For Thai people, it's cold now. Yesterday waiting for a water taxi I see a Thai woman with track pants, a t-shirt and a sweatshirt. I look at her in amazement. Could she be cold enough to wear that top? Next to her is a Thai boy of 10 or 12 years of age wearing of all things, a fleece top. And the afternoon is hot. Could they really be cold? Well, I'm happy I'm going to Hanoi. The woman at the travel agency tells me it's very cold there now and I suppose it will seem in comparison but average maximums is 18C. Not that cold really.

A few people from Doha have been messaging me in the last few days while I've been online. A few volunteers like Saad and MD Arif and also a new friend who was working for Al-Jazeera TV station. It's really nice I must say. And then of course some old friends like Janet my good friend who worked with me in Salt Lake City and Pierre an old friend from Montreal I haven't seen in over 17 years now. I marvel at the fact you can be anywhere in the world and still be in direct contact with anyone just like that. I remember the days in 1988 when I traveled to Australia for a year and was still writing letters. Snail mail. Things have surely change since then.

Bye for now