Very interesting country. Actually I was quite impressed with it.
I had met a woman on an online dating site who lives in central Thailand and we wound up video chatting nearly every day. We got along really well, and I felt that it was worth the risk to take a trip over there to meet her in person. My friends all thought I was insane. Predicting everything from my being stood up at the airport in Bangkok to one day waking up in a tub of ice with some of my internal organs missing. But in actuality I had a great time. Beautiful country, and I was treated like a king by the girl I met (Pim) and her family and friends. They took great pains to make me feel comfortable and welcome, even though none of them really spoke fluent English at all. Most none at all. Thank the Lord for the interpreter apps on the phones!
One of the more interesting historical places I got to visit was a place that some seem to believe does not really exist. A movie was made about it a long while ago and apparently it was the scene of horrible treatment and deaths at the hands of the Japanese invaders. They have a local train that travels between stops along the way that was originally used to transport prisoners to work on the railway and the bridge being built. Many died in the endeavor, so they name that train the "Death Train". I got to ride on it to the terminal point of interest: The Bridge Over the River Kwai.
I had met a woman on an online dating site who lives in central Thailand and we wound up video chatting nearly every day. We got along really well, and I felt that it was worth the risk to take a trip over there to meet her in person. My friends all thought I was insane. Predicting everything from my being stood up at the airport in Bangkok to one day waking up in a tub of ice with some of my internal organs missing. But in actuality I had a great time. Beautiful country, and I was treated like a king by the girl I met (Pim) and her family and friends. They took great pains to make me feel comfortable and welcome, even though none of them really spoke fluent English at all. Most none at all. Thank the Lord for the interpreter apps on the phones!
One of the more interesting historical places I got to visit was a place that some seem to believe does not really exist. A movie was made about it a long while ago and apparently it was the scene of horrible treatment and deaths at the hands of the Japanese invaders. They have a local train that travels between stops along the way that was originally used to transport prisoners to work on the railway and the bridge being built. Many died in the endeavor, so they name that train the "Death Train". I got to ride on it to the terminal point of interest: The Bridge Over the River Kwai.
