The world, and my world
Posted by Stuart at 01:47 PM on January 23, 2004A friend of mine posted a map to his weblog showing all of the countries he had visited. I have seen something similar on a website called Virtual Tourist, but this one was from World 66.
I'm posting this with some reservations, because it is so deceiving. I visited Hong Kong one time, so I get to count all of China. Doesn't seem right, does it? Same thing with Canada and Australia. I feel ok about coloring in all of the USA, because I have been to most of the 50 states.
In any case, here it is, with the following countries in red: United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Iceland, France, Italy, China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia.
Click on the picture to go to World 66 and create your own map
While I was at the World 66 website, I saw a great picture of Bangkok, which I shamelessly stole and now post here for your viewing pleasure:
Click on the pic to to get a bigger version.
It's exactly what real Thailand looks like, full of buses, tuk-tuks and seven-elevens, away from all of the temples and beaches that show up on most Thai travel sites. I think that if/when I ever move away from here, a picture like this will make me miss Thailand very much.
Lynne, I know what you mean about moving from Bangkok. I have been thinking about going back to America to get a PhD. But, I don't really want to leave Thailand just yet. Then again, I keep thinking that if my dissertation has a title like "____ IN THAILAND" then I can at least come back for ... um ... research. Yeah, that's it. :)
I'm planning on continuing Med school in England next year, and I'm already missing Bangkok b/c of that. I used to complain about the city when I was younger and we first moved here from CA, but now I can't imagine living anywhere else in the world. btw, that IS a great pic of BKK. :)
Oh, and thanks for the cool World 66 link!