{"id":731,"date":"2008-06-21T05:17:53","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T11:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2008-06-23T04:23:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T10:23:19","slug":"on-the-way-to-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/21\/on-the-way-to-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"On the way to Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/21\/on-the-way-to-bangkok\/2008-06-21_img_0354\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0354.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1214042553&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-06-21_img_0354\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0354.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0354.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-733\" title=\"2008-06-21_img_0354\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"734\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/21\/on-the-way-to-bangkok\/2008-06-21_img_0360\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0360.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,348\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1214047390&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-06-21_img_0360\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0360.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0360.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-734\" title=\"2008-06-21_img_0360\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-21_img_0360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Break out the computers, it&#8217;s nerd time! A little free internet while waiting for our flight to board. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re at the airport and checked in (after another hassle over having &#8220;too many bags&#8221;). Our flight leaves in about an hour or so.<\/p>\n<p><em>This photo is from a place I visited this afternoon. It was a city from around 1200 AD that was recently discovered and excavated. <\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-20_img_7405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/21\/on-the-way-to-bangkok\/2008-06-20_img_7405\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-20_img_7405.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1214024317&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-06-20_img_7405\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-20_img_7405.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-20_img_7405.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-732\" title=\"2008-06-20_img_7405\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-20_img_7405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Break out the computers, it&#8217;s nerd time! A little free internet while waiting for our flight to board. We&#8217;re at the airport and checked in (after another hassle over having &#8220;too many bags&#8221;). Our flight leaves in about an hour or so. This photo is from a place I visited this afternoon. It was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[45,46,44,387],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","category-text","tag-chiang-mai","tag-lions-clubs","tag-thailand","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-bN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":774,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/28\/last-day-in-bangkok\/","url_meta":{"origin":731,"position":0},"title":"Last Day in Bangkok","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"June 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I did nothing. I woke up at 11:30 and ordered room service. After taking 2 hours to relax and eat, I went to the health club and worked out. Came back and took a shower, then went down to the pool for a few hours. Came back to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/photo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/mvi_0385.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":678,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/16\/on-the-plane-for-la-we-still\/","url_meta":{"origin":731,"position":1},"title":"On the plane for LA. We still &#8230;","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"June 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"On the plane for LA. We still feel confident that we'll make our connecting flight.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;iPhone&quot;","block_context":{"text":"iPhone","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/iphone\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-16_img_0303.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-16_img_0303.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008-06-16_img_0303.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":911,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/14\/off-i-go-to-the-airport\/","url_meta":{"origin":731,"position":2},"title":"Off I go to the airport","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"September 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"9 am and I'm on the way. Hopefully the flight is not delayed by all of this rain.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;iPhone&quot;","block_context":{"text":"iPhone","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/iphone\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-14_img_00061.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-14_img_00061.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-14_img_00061.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":682,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/17\/hour-30\/","url_meta":{"origin":731,"position":3},"title":"Hour 30. We have landed in Bangkok Thailand","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"June 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hour 30. 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