Bangkok Student Image

Three of the students who I met at the Bangkok airport decided to come out and meet me. The girl to the right was the main translator at the airport. Funny thing is, during dinner she seemed to forget her English and mostly spoke in Chinese. The guy on the right side ended up doing most of the translation as he remembered his English better but forget his Chinese.

The setting for the photo may become a familiar one. It is just outside what must be the best food court at any price in the world - that I have found anyway. I also went with the French/Belgian travelers to this food court too. Though I didn't have my camera with me. The counter in the back is where they process Tourist VAT (tax) refunds.

This food court (A real misnomer) is at the top of a department store.





I only have my camcorder right now which has a really basic still photo capture (1.2 Megapixels). Low resolution. My main small digital camera (Canon Elph S400) got toasted when my underwater camera housing flooded on my last dive. I just sent it back for insurance repair/replacement via FedEx. Not sure when I will or be able to get it back for this diving trip. I left my larger Canon G3 at home. Maybe I'll have my dad bring that one. Either that, or I will start becoming a videographer. Can't really post videos on the road though as I need to convert them from MiniDV tape. That would have to wait until I return home to process them.

The photo is at an angle too because I have an adapter (chest tripod mount) on the bottom of the camcorder which I didn't bother to take off. Details, details...