Wednesday, November 26, 2008

How do you say "bummed" in Thai?

For the past 6 months, my mom and I have been planning to go to Bangkok, Thailand together. She has a meeting there and I wanted to tag along. It would be our first mother-daughter solo international travel experience and I was SO excited! Bought the guidebook. Got the shots. Borrowed books to read on the plane. Got advice on things to do.

Then yesterday, things got ugly in Bangkok. Protests at the airport, blasts, flights cancelled both in and out of the country, civil unrest, random violence... Did I mention we're supposed to leave Saturday? Now my mom thinks we should cancel the trip. My mom who has traveled everywhere from China to Iran thinks maybe we should sit this one out. No decisions have been made yet. I'm still holding onto hope.

What do you think we should do?

POLL REMOVED: Fate decided for us - no flights in, no flights out. We stay. Boo.