3/29 - Good Old Don Muang
At Bangkok Airport now, also known as Don Muang. I don't know how I feel about the name of the new airport about to open to the east of the city- Suvarnabhumi, if I've got the spelling correct. I like it about as much as the King's name, Bhumibol. He can also be called Rama 9 though, and I rather enjoy saying that. And now that I've been able to see three versions of the King's Song (and accompanying video of course) at the cinema, I have to say I like him. To the extent that, if I had the chance to meet him, I'd be excited. Remember- in Thailand, you must never step on a banknote or coin, as it's the equivalent of kicking the King in the face.
The earthquake last night was not felt by us, nor would it have meant any danger to us if a tsunami had materialized, but we were watching BBC World when the news came in about it, and it did give us a dramatic hour or so, in which we pictured the wave hurtling across the ocean in the dark, not all that far from us. In case further clarification is necessary, I imagined it from the perspective of someone hovering above the ocean at a height of about fifty feet--a scary thought in itself, really.
I'm sitting in the First Class lounge, which is highly disappointing when compared with the splendor of those in Hong Kong. To think, they don't even have a dedicated restroom, and make us go out and use the commoner's toilet in the main terminal area! (That was sarcastic airline snobbery, by the way, though the lack of restroom does in fact annoy me). Good cappucinos, bad dragonfruit. What is it with this on-again, off-again fruit? Just now I was relieved to see that the Cathay A330 loitering outside the window isn't in fact our plane, and it looks like we'll be getting the promised A340-300 after all. Why, you might ask? Well, the A340 features the newer, long-haul type of fully-flat business class seats, complete with video on demand. It shouldn't really matter for a sub-two hour flight, but of course it does to me. In fact, what should be concerning me more right now is the night we're about to spend in Hong Kong airport (we arrive at 10:30 p.m. and leave at 9:15 a.m.) Actually I'm looking forward to it. The Wing (one of the lounges in Hong Kong) opens at 4:30 a.m., so we'll end up with just a six-hour stretch of non-lounge airport wandering. I've no idea how dormant HKG becomes in the middle of the night, but I'm envisioning that being in that massive space (longest indoor structure in the world I think) with no one else around will actually be pretty cool. And besides that, we've managed to somehow stay on UK time this past week- not feeling tired until 2 or 3 a.m. and waking up with great effort around 1 p.m.- so it should suit us fine.
Which reminds me- at some point I'll comment on our time in the UK and Ireland, which was most enjoyable. Ireland was the best week I've had in a while, due in large part to the great group of people that were there with me, and also to the very cool short film that we managed to shoot. And Colin was most kind in hosting us for a couple of nights in Caversham, which we spent relaxing and catching up. But more on that later.
Speak to you next from Hong Kong or Sendai, depending on there being anything newsworthy between now and Japan.
The earthquake last night was not felt by us, nor would it have meant any danger to us if a tsunami had materialized, but we were watching BBC World when the news came in about it, and it did give us a dramatic hour or so, in which we pictured the wave hurtling across the ocean in the dark, not all that far from us. In case further clarification is necessary, I imagined it from the perspective of someone hovering above the ocean at a height of about fifty feet--a scary thought in itself, really.
I'm sitting in the First Class lounge, which is highly disappointing when compared with the splendor of those in Hong Kong. To think, they don't even have a dedicated restroom, and make us go out and use the commoner's toilet in the main terminal area! (That was sarcastic airline snobbery, by the way, though the lack of restroom does in fact annoy me). Good cappucinos, bad dragonfruit. What is it with this on-again, off-again fruit? Just now I was relieved to see that the Cathay A330 loitering outside the window isn't in fact our plane, and it looks like we'll be getting the promised A340-300 after all. Why, you might ask? Well, the A340 features the newer, long-haul type of fully-flat business class seats, complete with video on demand. It shouldn't really matter for a sub-two hour flight, but of course it does to me. In fact, what should be concerning me more right now is the night we're about to spend in Hong Kong airport (we arrive at 10:30 p.m. and leave at 9:15 a.m.) Actually I'm looking forward to it. The Wing (one of the lounges in Hong Kong) opens at 4:30 a.m., so we'll end up with just a six-hour stretch of non-lounge airport wandering. I've no idea how dormant HKG becomes in the middle of the night, but I'm envisioning that being in that massive space (longest indoor structure in the world I think) with no one else around will actually be pretty cool. And besides that, we've managed to somehow stay on UK time this past week- not feeling tired until 2 or 3 a.m. and waking up with great effort around 1 p.m.- so it should suit us fine.
Which reminds me- at some point I'll comment on our time in the UK and Ireland, which was most enjoyable. Ireland was the best week I've had in a while, due in large part to the great group of people that were there with me, and also to the very cool short film that we managed to shoot. And Colin was most kind in hosting us for a couple of nights in Caversham, which we spent relaxing and catching up. But more on that later.
Speak to you next from Hong Kong or Sendai, depending on there being anything newsworthy between now and Japan.
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