Yup…Sukhumvit. One of the places in Thailand that I miss so much. In fact, I miss Thailand..period. My first brush with Thailand was back in 1989, on job trip…but to the southeastern province of Narathiwat. So I never learnt how to speak the lingo as I am conversant in the Kelantanese/Pattani dialect.
My second brush was my longest, from 1993-1995. That was when I had the opprtunity to learn the lingo and customs, and fell in love with its culture and music. After that it was off and on, until 2002 when I had the third brush right through 2005.
So what do I miss about Sukhumvit? Yeah, the traffic sucks for sure. But I enjoyed going to Benjasiri (Queen’s) Park, watch schoolchildren performing traditional music; the standing at attention when they play the National Anthem at 6pm Thai time; the King’s Anthem at night. I miss the sanuk way of life. Everything was just sanuk for everyone, myself included.
Sukhumvit’s where I got my friend, Muaazam, to fall in love with Thai music too. He’s been taking his girlfriend to various parts of Thailand since then.
I need to go back there.
I just miss it.
SeaDemon Says 