Liam wrote:
> I'm going to miss the Don Muen airport. Dilapidated it may have been,
> but it had a character that was uniquely Thai--a casual, somewhat
> disorganized, very human quality. And who can forget the smell of the
> air when one got off the airplane at midnight--a combination of city
> pollution, street food and sweat that was not offensive so much as
> redolent of the city.
yes... that smell was enough to bring little tears of joy to my eyes
every time i landed...
>
> I recall going through security the last time I was there a few months
> back. The guy at the security station seemed to be a bit overwhelmed
> by the sudden influx of people--so he goes into a small office, shakes
> a guy asleep on a cot who gets up (in uniform) grabs his hat, rubs his
> eyes and takes his station to deal with the situation. My guess is that
> you won't be seeing that at the new airport.
how's that? you think they're going to import Canadian customs and
immigration assholes to glum up the place like robots?
michael
>
> If you want sanitized efficiency, there's always the Osaka airport. You
> could probably eat off the floors there without too much worry but it's
> like spending time in an autoclave. Don Muen was MUCH better, because
> it was much more human.
>
> Liam
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