On the way back to Oslo we had 18 hours transit in Bangkok (yes, I know Islamabad is about midways from Bangkok to Oslo...). Spending two nights in a row on economy class is not my favourite thing, but this time I had nothing against it, since I was going to meet Jess in Bangkok! Jess works in Sri Lanka, and just happened to be a few days in Bangkok to visit Amreen from Dhaka, who works as an English teacher.
Amreen worked, and Jess and I spent the day taking the "river bus", getting a foot massage, practising our Bangla with a Bangladeshi tailor, and most of all, catching up. I have missed Jess a lot, and it was so good to be with her again. Such a great coincidence that we both happened to be in Bangkok, of all places, on this particular day.
Jess left a few hours before we did, and after seeing her off to the airport bus, Amreen, Per and I had dinner at "Cabbages and Condoms", a restauran chain run by Thailand's Population and Community Development Association to fund their work for condom use. Good food and a playfully kitchy ambience made this a place I would like to go back to. They hand out condoms with the bill, and mine slid in between the pages of my passport, where I luckily found it just before giving the passport over to the immigration officer...
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Oh dear, seeing you two together in that picture makes me miss both of you so much! You were also missed this weekend when we climbed the highest mountain in Bangladesh, Keokradong. And of course Jess was missed when we met the Chakma king in Rangamati...
Love you both! xx Anna
haha! i still had my condom from cabbages and condoms here with me in dc.
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