2011-11-01
I am torn: It would be fascinating to see the flooding. Also tragic and sad. That said, it looks like we are going to miss most of the main event, but will have a chance to view the aftermath. If things were expected to be really bad, we would change our plans. Dumb to fly right into a disaster on purpose.
Actually, the flood does bring back some memories. I grew up in Thailand and experienced one of the frequent floods. Whole town was under 6 inches of water. Didn’t seem to be a big deal to anyone, just part of life.
So, the floods in Bangkok are going to affect us, but nowhere as much as they could have. We seem to have lucked out. Yes, flooding is likely to still be ongoing when we are there. But there is good news: We are only passing through the airport (the one which was not flooded), and are immediately taking another flight down to Phuket. Phuket and the ocean are not affected by all the fresh water flooding.
That will give Bangkok another 5 days to try and dry out before we get there. Hopefully, food and water shortages will have been resolved by then. If not, we will hang around longer in Phuket or something.