Yesterday Once More

I’m leaving for Bangkok tomorrow, 8th Aug 2009. On the morning of the 9th, I’ll be taking an early morning bus to Kanchanaburi.

Kanchanaburi was the first place I visited on my first visit to Thailand some 25 years ago. I don’t think I’ll remember anything. It’s been a long time and I’ve come a long way. Knowing Thailand a lot better now, the fascination I first felt at age 19 has all but died down.

A monsoon trek is probably not going to be too much fun, but I hope that at least the waterfalls will look impressive. But having seen so many more mountains and so many more waterfalls now, whatever scenery I revisit will probably refresh my memory but not get me jumping with excitement like before. At worse, I may end up being disappointed, wondering what it was that got that naive little boy so fascinated and excited 25 years ago.

Sensationalism and exoticism are like drugs that require ever increasing doses to excite the jaded, experienced traveller. Let’s see what I can get out of this trip.