I only have time over the coming days to tell you about our just-concluded Southeast Asian sojourn in bits and pieces. So consider this post the first installment.
Jill and I spent the first night of the trip in Bangkok. (Yes, “One Night in Bangkok,” as the song goes.) We had a layover there before catching a flight early the next morning to Cambodia.
So on the recommendation of my brother, who lived in Bangkok for three years, we had dinner–a fabulous Thai feast–at an outdoor food stall near the Victory Monument Skytrain stop. After that, we headed to the adjacent Saxophone Pub and Restaurant for some live music and local oat sodas. It was a great evening.
People love to say bad things about Bangkok, but this was my third visit to the city, and I really think it’s a fascinating place. Dirty and hot and gritty, yes, but also dynamic and pulsing with international flavors.